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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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
Language:English
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.
ISSN:1095-323X
2996-2358
DOI:10.1109/AERO.2004.1367950