Long-range laser communication terminals: Technically interesting, commercially incalculable

Author

Haan, Hubertus ; Gerken, Martin ; Tausendfreund, M.

Author_Institution

Carl Zeiss Optronics, Oberkochen, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

18-20 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2012 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Poznan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1472-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSNDSP.2012.6292696

Filename

6292696