Title :
Airborne Laser Communications: the Challenges of the Propagation Medium
Author :
Jacob, John ; Macdonald, Tom ; Walther, Frederick
Author_Institution :
Mitre Corp.
Abstract :
As is widely known one of the great promises of laser-based communications is the potential to achieve free-space communications with data rates in the Gbps. There could be a utility to the United States Air Force by teaming this potential communication capability with advanced sensors that generate large volumes of data. In this paper this potential is explored with a particular focus on issues unique to applying lasers to communications in an airborne environment
Keywords :
optical links; United States Air Force; airborne laser communications; free-space communication; sensor; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fiber lasers; Force sensors; Jacobian matrices; Laboratories; Laser theory; Optical fiber communication; Optical propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0617-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0618-8
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302273
