SOLACOS: a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser breadboard for coherent space communication system verification

Klaus Pribil; Ulrich A. Johann; Heinz Sontag

doi:10.1117/12.46074

1 May 1991 SOLACOS: a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser breadboard for coherent space communication system verification

Klaus Pribil, Ulrich A. Johann, Heinz Sontag

Proceedings Volume 1522, Optical Space Communication II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46074
Event: Munich '91 (Lasers '91), 1991, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Germany's Solid State Laser Communications in Space, or 'SOLACOS' program has undertaken the terrestrial verification of coherent laser communications systems based on Nd:YAG lasers, giving attention to the evaluation and breadboarding of critical components and subsystems. These components encompass the pointing/acquisition/tracking subsystem breadboard, an optical Costas-loop receiver, and advanced Nd:YAG transmitter technology. Results are presented for subsystem components developed to date.

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Klaus Pribil, Ulrich A. Johann, and Heinz Sontag "SOLACOS: a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser breadboard for coherent space communication system verification", Proc. SPIE 1522, Optical Space Communication II, (1 May 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46074

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