My research activity focuses on laser beam propagation, management and applications, with particular emphasis on future lunar missions.

Nowadays, laser technology is becoming interesting in several space-related fields, such telecommunication and power supply. In the field of telecommunication, compared to Radio-based technologies, lasers offer higher bandwidth, data rate and enhanced security, but atmospheric effects are the major limitations. Furthermore, by adopting a high-power laser, it is possible to remotely supply rovers, or other assets extend their operational lifetime.

My current research focuses on the investigation on an Earth-satellite constellation designed to enable a continuous, secure and bidirectional optical link between an Earth Station and a Lunar receiver. The work focuses on an in-depth study of orbital dynamics and optical link design, which has two primary objectives: (i) ensuring continuous earth station visibility by minimizing the required number of satellites; (ii) maximizing channel efficiency.

The analysis is carried out for both uplink and downlink segments, taking into consideration turbulence effects along each propagation path.

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