Dr. Daniel R. MacDonald Profile

Dr. Daniel R. MacDonald

at Jet Propulsion Lab

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Deep space optical communications (DSOC) technology demonstration pre-launch validation and performance tests with the laser test evaluation station (LTES)

Angel Velasco, Jason Allmaras, Joseph Kovalik, Vachik Garkanian, Brett Douglas, Erik Alerstam, Malcolm Wright, Sarah Haque, Vincent Van Rhein, Daniel Macdonald, David Zhu, Oscar Alvarez-Salazar, Dylan Conway, Gerardo Ortiz, Sabino Piazzolla, Yanhua Anderson, Kenneth Andrews, Meera Srinivasan, Abhijit Biswas

Proceedings Volume 12877, 1287707 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3008378

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Space operations, Scintillation, Receivers, Laser communications, Laser communication terminals, Calibration, Short wave infrared radiation, Engineering, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 2 March 2020 Paper

Deep space optical communications (DSOC) beam expander design and engineering

D. Driscoll, B. Zellers, J. Schomacker, J. Carro, W. Roberts, D. MacDonald, J. Guregian, W. Klipstein

Proceedings Volume 11272, 112720H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546678

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Silicon carbide, Beam expanders, Wavefronts, Mirrors, Space operations, Optical communications, Laser communications

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