The Interplanetary Network Progress Report

Volume 42-171

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor in Chief


November 15, 2007

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

Infrared Earth Tracking for Deep-Space Optical Communications--Laboratory Experiments
Y. Chen, J. Charles, H. Hemmati, and A. Biswas

A Fiber-Based Master Oscillator Power Amplifier Laser Transmitter for Optical Communications
M. W. Wright and J. Kovalik

Photon Jitter Mitigation for the Optical Channel
B. Moision

Aligning an Array of Receiving Radio Antennas in the Presence of an Interfering Source: Taking Advantage of Differences in Spectral Shape
D. H. Rogstad

Same-Beam Tracking with the Proposed DSN Array Using a Calibration Signal from Multiple Sources Simultaneously
D. S. Bagri

Low-Density Parity-Check Code Design Techniques to Simplify Encoding
J. M. Perez and K. Andrews

Performance Comparison of the LQG and PI Controllers in Wind Gusts
W. Gawronski and P. Perez-Zapardiel


The research described in this publication was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, service, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.


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