Lasercomm demonstration during US navy trident warrior 06 forcenet exercise

Author

Moore, Christopher I. ; Burris, Harris R. ; Rabinovich, William S. ; Suite, Michele ; Wasiczko, Linda ; Jaremko, Joe ; Ibanez, James ; Georges, Eric Saint ; Uecke, Stan ; Mock, James ; Sender, John ; Muth, John F. ; Wood, Timothy S.

Author_Institution

US Naval Res. Lab., Washington

fYear

2007

fDate

9-15 June 2007

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

20

Abstract

The purpose of the lasercomm demonstration during the Trident Warrior 06 (TW06) exercise was to explore the performance of a high data rate free space laser communication system in the operational Navy during a transit from San Diego, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii. This was a joint effort between the Naval Research Laboratory and NovaSol, Inc. and was the first demonstration of a high speed ship-to-ship lasercomm system between operational large deck Naval platforms. High data rate free-space laser communication systems have been previously demonstrated over terrestrial and air-to-ground paths.

Keywords

marine communication; military communication; optical links; Naval Research Laboratory; NovaSol Inc; US Navy Trident Warrior 06 Forcenet exercise; free space laser communication system; high speed ship-to-ship lasercomm system; lasercomm demonstration; operational Navy; operational large deck Naval platforms; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Lenses; Marine vehicles; Mirrors; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Tracking loops; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0877-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0878-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2007.4395419

Filename

4395419