I have a question regarding SatCom toolbox, is there a way to make the transmitter "Laser" and the receiver "Photodetector"?

I'm trying to use optical communication in my code using SatCom tool box but I couldn't find anything related to optical transcivers.

I want to add a laser as a transmitter and a photodetector as a receiver, is there a way to do that?

Answer 1

[praguna manvi]

Hi @Reham Wafaee,

As I understand it, you are trying to perform optical communication using the "Satellite Communication Toolbox." According to the documentation in the links below, the transmitter and receiver do not explicitly support "optical communication":

• https://www.mathworks.com/help/satcom/ref/satcom.satellitescenario.transmitter.html
• https://www.mathworks.com/help/satcom/ref/satcom.satellitescenario.receiver.html

A possible workaround is to adjust the "frequency" parameter to your desired frequency and configure the "antenna objects" associated with those listed in the "Antenna Toolbox / Phased Array System Toolbox." Below is the link to the antenna catalog documentation, which includes a list of "antenna objects":

• https://www.mathworks.com/help/antenna/antenna-catalog.html

Hope this helps!