High power eye-safe fiber transmitter for free space optical communications

We report a fiber-based transmitter suitable for high-power, eye-safe free space optical communications at 1.5 /spl mu/m. Greater than 40 W of output power has been achieved with 10 Gb/s on-off keyed data patterns.

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Published in2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8720) Vol. 3
Main Authors Koroshetz, J., Schneider, E., McKinnie, I.T., Smith, D., Unternahrer, J., Clarkson, W.A., Nilsson, J., Sahu, J., Jander, P., Carter, A., Tankala, K., Farroni, J., Duchak, G.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2004
Subjects
Fiber lasers
Optical fiber amplifiers
Optical fiber communication
Optical fiber testing
Optical fibers
Optical transmitters
Oscillators
Power amplifiers
Power generation
Space technology
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Summary:We report a fiber-based transmitter suitable for high-power, eye-safe free space optical communications at 1.5 /spl mu/m. Greater than 40 W of output power has been achieved with 10 Gb/s on-off keyed data patterns.
ISBN:0780381556
9780780381551
ISSN:1095-323X
2996-2358
DOI:10.1109/AERO.2004.1367950