Air-to-ground lasercom system demonstration

This article presents an overview of the air to ground lasercom demonstration performed under the Free-Space Optical Communications Airborne Link (FOCAL) program. Techniques used to mitigate fading, demonstrated in 2008 and reported earlier, are reviewed as are the basic equipment approach, also rep...

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Published in:	2010 - MILCOM 2010 MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE pp. 1594 - 1600
Main Authors:	Walther, Frederick G, Nowak, George A, Michael, S, Parenti, Ronald, Roth, Jeffrey, Taylor, John, Wilcox, William, Murphy, Robert, Greco, Joseph, Peters, John, Williams, Timothy, Henion, Scott, Magliocco, Richard, Miller, Tom, Volpicelli, Alicia
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01-10-2010
Subjects:	Optical fiber communication Optical fibers Optical filters Optical receivers Optical transmitters
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Summary:	This article presents an overview of the air to ground lasercom demonstration performed under the Free-Space Optical Communications Airborne Link (FOCAL) program. Techniques used to mitigate fading, demonstrated in 2008 and reported earlier, are reviewed as are the basic equipment approach, also reported earlier. We overview the new results for tracking, fiber coupling, channel measurements and communications performance for the air-to-ground link.
ISBN:	9781424481781 1424481783
ISSN:	2155-7578 2155-7586
DOI:	10.1109/MILCOM.2010.5680177