Results of 1 GBPS aircraft to ground lasercom validation demonstration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2990, Issue , 1997, Pages 52-59

  Chan, Victor J ^a   Arnold, Robert L ^a  

^a ThermoTrex Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne laser communications; Atomic line filter; High data rate laser communications; Long range laser communications

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; COMMUNICATION; LASERS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; POWER CONTROL; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES; ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL LINKS;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD); AIRBORNE LASER COMMUNICATIONS; AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE; ATOMIC LINE FILTER; BACKGROUND LIGHT; FILTER TECHNOLOGY; FLYING AIRCRAFT; HIGH ALTITUDES; HIGH DATA RATE LASER COMMUNICATIONS; LASERCOM; LONG RANGE LASER COMMUNICATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF); SAN DIEGO; SAN DIEGO , CALIFORNIA; TEST BEDS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS); US ARMY (CO);

OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

BOEING AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE TESTBED AIRCRAFT; HIGH FLYING AIRCRAFT; LASERCOM; US ARMYSPACE AND STRATEGIC DEFENSE COMMAND;

EID: 0030675053     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273709     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Scott H. Bloom et al, "High-elevation terrestrial validation of BMDO lasercom system at 1.1 Gbit/s", SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Jose, CA, February 1995.
2. Scott H. Bloom et al, "Laser communications for UAV applications", MILCOM '95, San Diego, CA, November 1995.
3. V Chan, S. Bloom, "Results of 150 km, 1 Gbps lasercom validation experiment using aircraft motion simulator", SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Jose, CA, February 1996.