Design study for high-performance optical communications satellite terminal with high-power laser diode transmitter

Ulrich Hildebrand; Reinhard Seeliger; Berry Smutny; Rolf Sand

doi:10.1117/12.46075

1 May 1991 Design study for high-performance optical communications satellite terminal with high-power laser diode transmitter

Ulrich Hildebrand, Reinhard Seeliger, Berry Smutny, Rolf Sand

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Proceedings Volume 1522, Optical Space Communication II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46075
Event: Munich '91 (Lasers '91), 1991, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The present optical terminal design for a high data rate interorbit communications link with 500 Mbit/sec (or higher) transmission rate is based on high-power laser diode transmitters with 1 W peak power at 800 nm, in conjunction with a direct-detection receiver; two-channel wavelength-division multiplexing, together with the high transmission capability of the off-axis telescope used, contribute to the achievement of the requisite data rates. In order to minimize system mass, the only rotatable device is the telescope.

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Ulrich Hildebrand, Reinhard Seeliger, Berry Smutny, and Rolf Sand "Design study for high-performance optical communications satellite terminal with high-power laser diode transmitter", Proc. SPIE 1522, Optical Space Communication II, (1 May 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46075

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