Title :
Highly-coherent optical terminal design status and outlook
Author :
Lange, Robert ; Smutny, Berry
Author_Institution :
Tesat-Spacecom, Backnang, Germany
Abstract :
After 30 years of development coherent satellite laser terminals will verified in orbit in 2006. General design constraints for space communication optical terminals are reviewed and the design and programmatics of the beacon-less coherent laser crosslink terminals are detailed.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical links; satellite links; telecommunication terminals; beaconless coherent laser crosslink terminals; coherent satellite laser terminals; optical terminal design; space communication optical terminals; Frequency; Microwave technology; Optical design; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Satellites; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8981-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1527990
