Title :
High power eye-safe fiber transmitter for free space optical communications
Author :
Koroshetz, I. ; Schneider, E. ; McKinnie, I.T. ; Smith, D. ; Unternahrer, I. ; Clarkson, W.A. ; Nilsson, J. ; Sahu, J. ; Jander, P. ; Carter, A. ; Tankala, K. ; Farroni, J. ; Duchak, G.
Author_Institution :
Coherent Technol. Inc., Louisville, CO, USA
Abstract :
We report a fiber-based transmitter suitable for high-power, eye-safe free space optical communications at 1.5 μm. Greater than 40 W of output power has been achieved with 10 Gb/s on-off keyed data patterns.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; 1.5 micron; 10 Gbits/s; eye-safe fiber transmitter; fiber-based transmitter; free space optical communications; on-off keyed data pattern; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8155-6
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2004.1367950
