Full-scale laboratory breadboard model of a free-space laser transceiver package

Peter Huber; Werner Reiland; Volker Klein; Alexandru F. Popescu

doi:10.1117/12.18232

1 July 1990 Full-scale laboratory breadboard model of a free-space laser transceiver package

Peter Huber, Werner Reiland, Volker Klein, Alexandru F. Popescu

Proceedings Volume 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18232
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The design, assembly and testing of the laboratory breadboard model of a CO2 laser free-space transceiver terminal with full scale optics have been successfully developed at comparatively low cost. The transceiver has a 140 Mbit/s communication subsystem and a spatial pointing, acquisition, and tracking subsystem. The most important test results are presented and their relevance for other free-space communication systems using different laser technologies is pointed out. A comparison to specifications for intersatellite and interorbit link applications is used to show the basic feasibility of optical space communications and to point out areas which need technological improvements.

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Peter Huber, Werner Reiland, Volker Klein, and Alexandru F. Popescu "Full-scale laboratory breadboard model of a free-space laser transceiver package", Proc. SPIE 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18232

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