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Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Signal
Transmitter
Laser Signal
laser
Receiver
MCU
UART
Conditioning
Laser Diode
Conditioning
Photo resistor
PORT
A/D
transmitter involves:
Signal processing electronics (analog/digital) Laser modulator Laser (visible, near visible wavelengths)
RUBY LASER
Laser Diode
Laser Diodes include Photodiodes for feedback to insure consistent output.
Modulation
AM
receiver involves:
-PIN diodes
Stabilisation of working point of APD: . Gain =75 Temperature stabilisation. Thermoelectrically cooler stabilisation system is inside of APD module
System Comparison
(OC3 1km products)
OpticalAccess
ICS
LightPointer
4 (6 dBm)
3 200
Min Recv Power (nW) 100 (-40 dBm) 32 (-45 dBm) 50 (-43 dBm)
Price $19.5k $25k $24k
Receiver sensitivity
Beam Divergence = 3 mrad
LC
being incorporated into fiber optic networks when fiber is not practical.
for Laser Communication (LC) is 100 times greater than for RF.
Power
in LC is directed at target, so much less transmission power required. Also the power loss is less.
Size
/ Weight
Security
Current Applications
Defense
and sensitive areas. At airports for communication across the runways. Mass communication
400
NASA
Earth
Groundstation Description
Control
System (data and tracking) Telescope & LASER Mounts LASER & Transmission Optics Receiving Package (photodetector)
Satellite Description
Utilize Science Teams Telescope & Processing Capability for LASER Communication Transmission & Receiving Package.
LASER
Transfer Optics
Channel (Atmos.)
Symbol Recovery
Amplifier
Receiving Optics
Encoding/Decoding Circuitry
Contact Information
For more information regarding laser communication:
Matthew Johnson (mjohnson@u.arizona.edu) Freddy Valenzuela (acv@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu) Http://www.physics.arizona.edu/ssp/sti