Title :
Optical WDM space communications: the next frontier
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. I describe the technology and architecture of very high-speed optical space links that will be used in the future as a key building block for global extent satellite-based data networks. With wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) multiplexing of >10 Gbps channels, the cost of these space systems can be very competitive with terrestrial fiber systems.
Keywords :
optical links; satellite links; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM; global extent satellite-based data networks; key building block; optical WDM space communications; space systems; terrestrial fiber systems; very high-speed optical space links; wavelength-division multiplexing; High speed optical techniques; Information technology; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Space technology; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766368
