Free-space optical communication link at 1550 nm using multiple-quantum-well modulating retroreflectors in a marine environment

Rita Mahon; Harris R. Burris; William S. Rabinovich; G. Charmaine Gilbreath; Peter G. Goetz; Christopher I. Moore; Timothy J. Meehan; Mena F. Stell; Michael J. Vilcheck; Jennifer L. Witkowsky; Lee Swingen; Michele R. Suite; Eun Oh; Jeffrey P. Koplow

doi:10.1117/12.507737

27 January 2004 Free-space optical communication link at 1550 nm using multiple-quantum-well modulating retroreflectors in a marine environment

Rita Mahon, Harris R. Burris, William S. Rabinovich, G. Charmaine Gilbreath, Peter G. Goetz, Christopher I. Moore, Timothy J. Meehan, Mena F. Stell, Michael J. Vilcheck, Jennifer L. Witkowsky, Lee Swingen, Michele R. Suite, Eun Oh, Jeffrey P. Koplow

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Proceedings Volume 5160, Free-Space Laser Communication and Active Laser Illumination III; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.507737
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A 1550 nm eye-safe, free-space optical communications link has been demonstrated at rates up to 5 Mbps over a distance of two kilometers in the Chesapeake Bay, using quantum-well-based modulating retro-reflectors. In addition to waveform studies, video and audio transmission has also been carried out, as well as bit error rate measurements. Tests have been conducted under various atmospheric conditions over a time period of eight months.

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Rita Mahon, Harris R. Burris, William S. Rabinovich, G. Charmaine Gilbreath, Peter G. Goetz, Christopher I. Moore, Timothy J. Meehan, Mena F. Stell, Michael J. Vilcheck, Jennifer L. Witkowsky, Lee Swingen, Michele R. Suite, Eun Oh, and Jeffrey P. Koplow "Free-space optical communication link at 1550 nm using multiple-quantum-well modulating retroreflectors in a marine environment", Proc. SPIE 5160, Free-Space Laser Communication and Active Laser Illumination III, (27 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.507737

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