On-Ground Experiment Of A Full-Scale CO[sub]2[/sub] Laser Transceiver For Free-Space Communications

Werner Reiland; Alexandru Popescu

doi:10.1117/12.976561

2 May 1988 On-Ground Experiment Of A Full-Scale CO₂ Laser Transceiver For Free-Space Communications

Werner Reiland, Alexandru Popescu

Proceedings Volume 0885, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976561
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The laboratory test configuration of an engineering model of a CO2 laser homodyne communication system is described. The system is based on a full-scale transceiver and a simulated opposite terminal (SOT). The transceiver technology development has been initiated and sup-ported by the European Space Agency and is now going to be completed. The SOT has been designed as a transmitter including front-end optics (telescope) and pointing elements. Fully representative functional and operational tests of the transceiver and the whole system are possible.

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Werner Reiland and Alexandru Popescu "On-Ground Experiment Of A Full-Scale CO₂ Laser Transceiver For Free-Space Communications", Proc. SPIE 0885, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies, (2 May 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976561

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