Title :
Air-to-ground lasercom system demonstration
Author :
Walther, Frederick G ; Nowak, G.A. ; Michael, Steven ; Parenti, Ronald ; Roth, Jeffrey ; Taylor, John ; Wilcox, William ; Murphy, Robert ; Greco, Joseph ; Peters, John ; Williams, Timothy ; Henion, Scott ; Magliocco, Richard ; Miller, Tom ; Volpicelli, Al
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab. Lexington, Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
fDate :
Oct. 31 2010-Nov. 3 2010
Abstract :
This article presents an overview of the air to ground lasercom demonstration performed under the Free-Space Optical Communications Airborne Link (FOCAL) program. Techniques used to mitigate fading, demonstrated in 2008 and reported earlier, are reviewed as are the basic equipment approach, also reported earlier. We overview the new results for tracking, fiber coupling, channel measurements and communications performance for the air-to-ground link.
Keywords :
fading channels; military communication; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical links; FOCAL program; air-to-ground lasercom system; channel measurements; communication performance; fading mitigation; fiber coupling; free-space optical communications airborne link; tracking; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, 2010 - MILCOM 2010
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8178-1
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2010.5680177
