Estimation of optical channel signal loss following a near-surface nuclear detonation

David A. Hooper; Alexander Miloshevsky; Brandon A. Wilson; Brian P. Williams; Nicholas A. Peters

doi:10.1109/RAPID51799.2021.9521426

Estimation of optical channel signal loss following a near-surface nuclear detonation

David A. Hooper, Alexander Miloshevsky, Brandon A. Wilson, Brian P. Williams, Nicholas A. Peters

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Abstract

We estimate the loss penalty for a free-space, ground to low earth orbit optical communications channel due to lofted atmospheric debris following a nuclear weapon explosion. These losses were estimated over time and compared to other loss sources like clouds and wildfire haze.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665422239
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RAPID51799.2021.9521426
State	Published - Aug 2021
Event	4th IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: Aug 2 2021 → Aug 4 2021

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Name	2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021

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Conference	4th IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	08/2/21 → 08/4/21

Funding

This work was funded by the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency under project HDTRA1-93-1-201. This manuscript has been coauthored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

Funders	Funder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Defense Threat Reduction Agency	HDTRA1-93-1-201
UT-Battelle	DE-AC05-00OR22725

Keywords

Free-space optical communications
Nuclear
Nuclear weapon
Quantum communications
Satellite

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Hooper, D. A., Miloshevsky, A., Wilson, B. A., Williams, B. P., & Peters, N. A. (2021). Estimation of optical channel signal loss following a near-surface nuclear detonation. In 2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021 (2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/RAPID51799.2021.9521426

Hooper, David A. ; Miloshevsky, Alexander ; Wilson, Brandon A. et al. / Estimation of optical channel signal loss following a near-surface nuclear detonation. 2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. (2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021).

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Hooper, DA, Miloshevsky, A, Wilson, BA , Williams, BP & Peters, NA 2021, Estimation of optical channel signal loss following a near-surface nuclear detonation. in 2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021. 2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 4th IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021, Virtual, Online, United States, 08/2/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/RAPID51799.2021.9521426

Estimation of optical channel signal loss following a near-surface nuclear detonation. / Hooper, David A.; Miloshevsky, Alexander; Wilson, Brandon A. et al.
2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. (2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021).

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Hooper DA, Miloshevsky A, Wilson BA , Williams BP , Peters NA. Estimation of optical channel signal loss following a near-surface nuclear detonation. In 2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. (2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021). doi: 10.1109/RAPID51799.2021.9521426

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