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Background

Currently undertaking a PhD with the Astrophotonics group at ICRAR-UWA under the supervision of Dr Shane Walsh, Dr David Gozzard and Dr Sascha Schediwy on the development of mobile optical ground stations for next generation space science and communication .

I completed my BSc. double major in Physics and Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Western Australia in 2020. I completed my Master of Physics (Astronomy & Astrophysics) with distinction in 2022.

The TeraNet-3 Mobile Optical Ground Station

Journal Publications

• McCann, A., Frost, A., Karpathakis, S., Dix-Matthews, B., Gozzard, D., Walsh, S., & Schediwy, S. 2024. Demonstration of a Low-SWaP Terminal for Ground-to-Air Single-Mode Fiber Coupled Laser Links. Photonics 11(7), 633 (2024)

• Dix-Matthews, B. P., Gozzard, D. R., Walsh, S. M., McCann, A. S., Karpathakis, S. F. E., Frost, A. M., Gravestock, C. T., Schediwy, S. W., 2023. Towards optical frequency geopotential difference measurements via a flying drone. Optics Express 31, 15075-15088 (2023)

• Karpathakis, S. F. E., Dix-Matthews, B. P., Walsh, S. M., McCann, A. S., Gozzard, D. R., Frost, A. M., Gravestock, C. T., Schediwy, S. W., 2023. Ground-to-Drone Optical Pulse Position Modulation Demonstration as a Testbed for Lunar Communications. Drones 7, 99 (2023)

• Dix-Matthews B., Gozzard, D., Karpathakis, S., Walsh, S., McCann, A., Frost, A., and Schediwy, S., “Experimental Demonstration of Velocimetry by Actively Stabilized Coherent Optical Transfer” Phys. Rev. Applied 19(5), 054018 (2023)

• Dix-Matthews B., Gozzard, D., Karpathakis, S., Walsh, S., McCann, A., Frost, A., Gravestock, C., and Schediwy, S., “Towards optical frequency geopotential difference measurements via a flying drone” Optics Express 31(9), 15075 (2023)

• Karpathakis, S., Dix-Matthews B., Walsh, S., McCann, A., Gozzard, D., Frost, A., Gravestock, C., and Schediwy, S., “Ground-to-Drone Optical Pulse Position Modulation Demonstration as a Testbed for Lunar Communications” Drones 7(2), 99 (2023)

• Walsh, S., Karpathakis, S., McCann, A., Dix-Matthews B., Frost, A., Gozzard, D., Gravestock, C., and Schediwy, S., “Demonstration of 100 Gbps Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications at LEO Tracking Rates” Sci Rep 12, 18345 (2022)

• Walsh, S., Frost, A., Howard, L., Gozzard, D., Karpathakis, S., Dix-Matthews B., Gravestock, C., McCann, A., and Schediwy, S., “Angle-of-arrival variability of retroreflected lasers despite atmospheric reciprocity,” Opt. Lett. 47, 1920-1923 (2022)

• Ciolfi, R., Stratta, G., Branchesi, M., Gendre, B., Grimm, S., Harms, J., Lamb, G.P., Martin-Carrillo, A., McCann, A., Oganesyan, G. and Palazzi, E., 2021. Multi-messenger astrophysics with THESEUS in the 2030s. Experimental Astronomy 52, 245–275 (2021)

Awards/Grants

University of Science and Technology China (USTC)

Jun 2024 (ongoing) – Indian Ocean Defence & Security (IODS)

 

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