DocumentCode
2342196
Title
Highly-coherent optical terminal design status and outlook
Author
Lange, Robert ; Smutny, Berry
Author_Institution
Tesat-Spacecom, Backnang, Germany
fYear
2005
fDate
25-27 July 2005
Firstpage
55
Lastpage
57
Abstract
After 30 years of development coherent satellite laser terminals will verified in orbit in 2006. General design constraints for space communication optical terminals are reviewed and the design and programmatics of the beacon-less coherent laser crosslink terminals are detailed.
Keywords
optical communication equipment; optical links; satellite links; telecommunication terminals; beaconless coherent laser crosslink terminals; coherent satellite laser terminals; optical terminal design; space communication optical terminals; Frequency; Microwave technology; Optical design; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Satellites; Space technology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
ISSN
1099-4742
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8981-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1527990
Filename
1527990
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