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Dr Amna Riaz

Research Fellow

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Amna Riaz
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  • ALIGN: 1 Gbps Optical Inter-Satellite Link Demonstration on 6U CubeSats with the FOCUS Terminal, Riaz, A., Scullion, E., Wicks, R., Binns, R., Obreque, E., Khorchef, N., Martin, J., Vernon, J. 28 May 2026, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2026 - Proceedings, Piscataway, NJ, IEEE
  • ALIGN: Laboratory Characterisation of 976 nm Beacon and 1550 nm Data Lasers for CubeSat Free-Space Optical Inter-Satellite Links, Riaz, A., Scullion, E., Wicks, R., Vernon, J., Binns, R., Khorchef, N., Obreque, E., Martin, J. 12 May 2026, 2026 6th Middle East and North Africa Communications Conference (MENACOMM), Piscataway, NJ, IEEE
  • Characterisation of amplified laser beam profiles subject to changing EDFA pump currents in CubeSats, Riaz, A., Scullion, E., Wicks, R., Ahmed, Z., Obreque, E., Khorchef, N., Vernon, J., del Valle, C., Zia-Ul-Mustafa, R., Binns, R., Martin, J. 5 Mar 2026, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXVIII, Washington, United States, SPIE
  • High-Speed CubeSat Optical Transceiver Characterization Using Integrated PSD-APD Receiver for PAT-Enabled Links, Riaz, A., Scullion, E., Obreque, E., Wicks, R., Vernon, J., Binns, R., Khorchef, N., Martin, J. 15 Jul 2026, 2026 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series, SUM 2026 - Proceedings, Piscataway, NJ, IEEE
  • Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking (PAT) for Optical Satellite Communications: Recent Trends and the ALIGN UK Mission’s PAT Mechanism, Zia-Ul-Mustafa, R., Graham, C., Obreque, E., Binns, R., Scullion, E., Wicks, R., Martin, J., Riaz, A., Khorchef, N., Vernon, J., Bourgenot, C. 28 Oct 2025, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS), Piscataway, NJ, IEEE
  • Design and control of a steering mirror for a freespace optical communications CubeSat for gigabit inter-satellite links, Graham, C., Bramall, D., Younus, O., Riaz, A., Binns, R., Scullion, E., Wicks, R., Bourgenot, C. 3 Oct 2024, CubeSats, SmallSats, and Hosted Payloads for Remote Sensing VIII, San Diego, SPIE
  • Overview of Space-Based Laser Communication Missions and Payloads: Insights from the Autonomous Laser Inter-Satellite Gigabit Network (ALIGN), Younus, O., Riaz, A., Binns, R., Scullion, E., Wicks, R., Vernon, J., Graham, C., Bramall, D., Schmoll, J., Bourgenot, C. 5 Nov 2024, In: Aerospace
  • Steering Mirror System with Closed-Loop Feedback for Free-Space Optical Communication Terminals, Graham, C., Bramall, D., Younus, O., Riaz, A., Binns, R., Scullion, E., Wicks, R., Bourgenot, C. 23 Apr 2024, In: Aerospace

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