Title :
High power optical amplifier enable 1550 nm terrestrial free-space optical data-link operating @ 10 Gb/s
Author :
Szajowski, P.F. ; Nykolak, G. ; Auborn, J.J. ; Presby, H.M. ; Tourgee, G.E.
Author_Institution :
Gov. Solution, Whippany, NJ, USA
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical amplifiers are an enabling technology for free space laser communications. Transmission of four multiplexed 2.5 Gbps channels at 1550 nm over a 4.4 km terrestrial link is described and modeled
Keywords :
data communication; optical communication; power amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 1550 nm; 4.4 km; free space laser communications; high power optical amplifier; terrestrial free-space optical data-link; High power amplifiers; High speed optical techniques; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlantic City, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5538-5
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1999.822771
