Optical Transceiver Platform For Laser Communication Experiments
Abstract
This paper describes a laser communication (lasercom) transceiver platform to be used for laboratory experiments. The platform features a directly modulated semiconductor laser, avalanche photodiode receiver, and microprocessor controlled acquisition and tracking system. The platform provides a test-bed, enabling study in vital areas of lasercom hardware such as system performance versus link distance, optical power, tracking accuracy, and sub-system and component characterization for future system specifications, including critical areas limiting present system performance.
- Publication:
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Optical technologies for communication satellite applications
- Pub Date:
- May 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.961036
- Bibcode:
- 1986SPIE..616...22C
- Keywords:
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- Laser Applications;
- Optical Communication;
- Test Facilities;
- Transmitter Receivers;
- Data Acquisition;
- Optical Tracking;
- Semiconductor Lasers;
- Communications and Radar