• Technical Conference:  30 March – 03 April 2025
  • Exhibition: 01 – 03 April 2025
  • Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA

Role of Optics for Space Communication

Wednesday, 27 March, 14:00 – 16:00

Room 7

This joint panel session will outline the landscape of optics for space communications from device to subsystem to networks and applications. Panelists will discuss their work in devices and systems to bring together the broader picture on how current technology is driving applications in space optical communications today and in the future.

Organizers

Chi-Wai Chow, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Stephen Ralph, Georgia Tech, United States

Katherine Newell, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, United States

Yi Sun, OFS Fitel LLC, United States

Panelists

David DiGiovanni, OFS Optics, United States

Baris Erkmen, Aalyria Technologies Inc., United States

Tina Hsu, SpaceX, United States

Martha Bodine, Lockheed Martin, United States

Alberto Carrasco-Casado, NICT, Japan

Todd Ulmer, MIT Lincoln Labs, United States