The Real Time Optical Receiver (RealTOR) project at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies to develop a portable, scalable, and low-cost solution for building optical communications ground receivers. Optical communications, also known. We introduce an alternative receiver architecture for deep-space optical communication, in which a single large aperture is replaced by an array of smaller ones with outputs combined coherently, employing phase stabilization based on photon counting events. Complementary to RF design, optical communication technology is the primary candidate for meeting the data-intensive. The Real-Time Optical Receiver Project (RTORP) aims to shake up how we achieve high-speed, high-capacity communication in space.
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