National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
Laboratory Characterization and Modeling of a Near-Infrared Enhanced Photomultiplier Tube
A. Biswas and W. H. Farr
Cavity-Dumped Communication Laser Design
W. T. Roberts
Quantum Detection of Binary and Ternary Signals in the Presence of Thermal Noise Fields
V. A. Vilnrotter and C.-W. Lau
Plan for Safe Laser Beam Propagation from the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory
K. E. Wilson, W. T. Roberts, V. Garkanian, F. Battle, R. Leblanc,
H. Hemmati, and P. Robles
Terrestrial Propagation of 2-Gigahertz Emissions Transmitted from the Deep Space Network 70-Meter Antenna at Robledo
C. M. Ho, M. K. Sue, T. K. Peng, and E. K. Smith
The Orbital Dynamics Environment of 433 Eros: A Case Study for Future Asteroid Missions
D. J. Scheeres, J. K. Miller, and D. K. Yeomans
Autonomous Formation-Flying Sensor for the StarLight Mission
M. Aung, G. H. Purcell, J. Y. Tien, L. E. Young, L. R. Amaro,
J. Srinivasan, M. A. Ciminera, and Y. J. Chong
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