Free-space optical communication system

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2006-07-18

2006-07-18

Chan, Jason (Department: 2633)

Optical communications

Optical communication over freee space

Transceivers

C398S131000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07079774

ABSTRACT:
A free-space optical communication system serves transmit/receive subscriber terminals. Each subscriber terminal includes a photo-detector and one or more sources of modulated radiation. A base terminal comprises sources of modulated optical radiation intended for the subscriber terminals and a receiving system for receiving modulated radiation from the subscriber terminals. At the base terminal, and preferably at each subscriber terminal, each source has an associated beam shaping device. The receiving system includes photo-detectors and a shared wide-angle objective implemented as a single lens. Within the base terminal, the objective lens is optically coupled only to the photo-detectors of the receiving system, and the beam shaping devices at that terminal do not have common optical elements with the lens or with each other. The preferred embodiment provides automatic stabilization in relation to local vertical direction and uses multimode fibers having specific parameters to supply radiation from the sources to the beam shaping devices.

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