Title :
Intersatellite coherent optical communications
Author :
Fletcher, G.D. ; Ferrier, R. ; Johnson, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Marconi Space Syst., Portsmouth, UK
Abstract :
The authors describe the system arguments that have determined the wavelength, modulation format and system architecture to achieve a breadboard demonstrator for a 100 Mbps coherent optical intersatellite link with a BER of 10-9. The enabling technology for this system are high power, single frequency and mode DFB lasers at 1.55 μm
Keywords :
digital communication systems; distributed feedback lasers; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical links; satellite links; semiconductor junction lasers; 1.55 micron; 100 Mbit/s; BER; DFB lasers; bit error rate; breadboard demonstrator; coherent optical communications; coherent optical intersatellite link; high power semiconductor laser; modulation format; single frequency operation; single mode type; system architecture; wavelength;
Conference_Titel :
Coherent Optical Communications, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
