Mr. Nikki M. Desch Profile

Nikki M. Desch

at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr

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Publications (4)

Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Initial test results for NASA Goddard’s low-cost optical terminal adaptive optics system

Daniel Paulson, Predrag Sekulic, Robert Lafon, Patrick Thompson, Stephen Hall, Kristoffer Olsen, Nikki Desch, Haleh Safavi

Proceedings Volume 12413, 124130Y (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2654236

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Telecommunications, Optical communications, Atmospheric turbulence, Wavefront distortions, Turbulence, Speckle pattern, Space operations, Single mode fibers

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

Current status of NASA’s Low-Cost Optical Terminal (LCOT) at Goddard Space Flight Center

Robert Lafon, Yingxin Bai, Armen Caroglanian, James Dailey, Nikki Desch, Howard Garon, Steve Hall, Ron Miller, Dan Paulson, Haleh Safavi, Predrag Sekulic, John Speer, Patrick Thompson, Victoria Wu

Proceedings Volume 12413, 124130V (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2652103

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Laser communication terminals, Adaptive optics, Quantum optical communication, Laser communications, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

Optical communications operations concept for the Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon

Farzana Khatri, Michael Bay, Jonathan King, Jessica Chang, Terry Hudson, Robert Schulein, Olga Mikulina, Jeffrey Zinchuk, Robert McGraw, Jacob Gregory, Paul Gramm, Nikki Desch, Steven Horowitz, Bryan Robinson

Proceedings Volume 12413, 124130A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649345

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Laser communication terminals, Optical communications, Laser communications

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation + Paper

A flexible low-cost optical communications ground terminal at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Robert Lafon, Armen Caroglanian, Haleh Safavi, Nikki Desch, Victoria Wu, Manuel Buenfil, Patrick Thompson, Scott Merritt, Steve Hall, Howard Garon, Daniel Paulson, John Speer, Mark Wilson, Ron Miller, Tom Haas, Bruce Trout, Richard Mason, Jerome Hengemihle, Jeffrey Guzek

Proceedings Volume 11678, 1167806 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582869

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