Title :
Long-range laser communication terminals: Technically interesting, commercially incalculable
Author :
Haan, Hubertus ; Gerken, Martin ; Tausendfreund, M.
Author_Institution :
Carl Zeiss Optronics, Oberkochen, Germany
Abstract :
Carl Zeiss Optronics is a manufacturer of electro-optical devices for military and security applications. Ultra-precise stabilized pan-tilt heads for armored land vehicles, ships, planes and helicopters are in the portfolio as well as precise optics for space observation and space laser communication terminals LCTs. 2008 Carl Zeiss Optronics started building terminal-pairs for terrestrial, airborne and under-water laser communication demonstrators. This paper discusses the technical challenges as well as commercial and market volume estimations.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; optical communication; space communication links; telecommunication terminals; Carl Zeiss Optronics; airborne laser communication demonstrators; armored land vehicles; electro-optical devices; helicopters; long-range laser communication terminals; military applications; planes; security applications; ships; space laser communication terminals; space observation; terrestrial laser communication demonstrators; ultraprecise stabilized pan-tilt heads; underwater laser communication demonstrators; Bandwidth; Laser applications; Marine vehicles; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber theory; Telecommunications; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2012 8th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Poznan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1472-6
DOI :
10.1109/CSNDSP.2012.6292696
