Recipient
McMaster UniversityDepartment
National Research Council CanadaAmount
$125.0K
Province
ONType
Grant
Agreement Number
172-2022-2023-Q4-1000708
Purpose
The project is to develop a testbed to demonstrate a link to an optical ground station with a high-altitude platform (HAP). The ground-to-balloon optical links will create C-band (1550 nm) and novel mid-wave infrared (MWIR) transmitter/receiver pairs between a HAP and an optical ground station. The testbed will allow field testing of optical components to be used in optical SatCom for both C-band and MWIR links. This data will be invaluable to partners within the Consortium, as well as the broader scientific community at large. There is also strong potential in the future to use the ground station to collect data on atmospheric scintillation and weather effects on NIR/MWIR optical links in Canada.
McMaster University × National Research Council Canada
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Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
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