Free Space Optical Communications Research at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory

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作者
Rabinovich, W. S. [1 ]
Moore, C. I. [1 ]
Burris, H. R. [1 ]
Murphy, J. L. [1 ]
Suite, M. R. [1 ]
Mahon, R. [1 ]
Ferraro, M. S. [1 ]
Goetz, P. G. [1 ]
Thomas, L. M. [1 ]
Font, C. [1 ]
Gilbreath, G. C. [1 ]
Xu, B. [1 ]
Binari, S. [1 ]
Hacker, K. [2 ]
Reese, S. [2 ]
Freeman, W. T. [3 ]
Frawley, S. [3 ]
Saint, Georges E. [4 ]
Uecke, S. [4 ]
Sender, j [4 ]
机构
[1] USN, Res Lab, 4555 Overlook Ave, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[2] USN, Explos Ordnance Disposal Technol Div, Indian Head, MD 20640 USA
[3] SmartLog Inc, Vienna, VA USA
[4] NOVASOL, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA
关键词
Free space optical communication; Lasercom; Modulating retro-reflector; Retro-modulator; Maritime; Naval; Optical propagation; gigabit Ethernet; high bandwidth; frequency allocation; ship-to-ship communication; Trident Warrior; robot communication; Packbot; low probability of intercept; anti-jam;
D O I
10.1117/12.843682
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Free space optical (FSO) communication has enjoyed a renewal of interest in the past decade driven by increasing data rate requirements and decreasing amounts of radio frequency spectrum. These needs exist in both the commercial and military sectors. However military communications requirements differ in other ways. At the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) we have been conducting research on FSO communications for over ten years with an emphasis on tactical applications. NRL's FSO research has covered propagation studies in the maritime domain, new component development, and systems demonstrations. In addition NRL has developed both conventional, direct, laser communications systems and retro-reflecting systems. In this paper we review some of this work and discuss possible future applications of FSO communications
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