Configuration and performance of optical modulator/demodulator for optical intersatellite communications

Koji Yasukawa; Koji Goto; Kanshiro K. Kashiki; Kenichi Araki; Masaru Nagai; Motoh Shimizu

doi:10.1117/12.18201

1 July 1990 Configuration and performance of optical modulator/demodulator for optical intersatellite communications

Koji Yasukawa, Koji Goto, Kanshiro K. Kashiki, Kenichi Araki, Masaru Nagai, Motoh Shimizu

Proceedings Volume 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18201
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The configuration and specifications of an optical IM/DD modulator/demodulator (modem) developed for optical intersatellite communications are described. The modem's performance was verified for the case of a commercially available high-power laser diode (LD). It was found that the modulator could modulate the high-power LD whose average output was 100 mW, at the bit rate of 360 Mbit/sec. Less than 1.0 dB degradation was measured to obtain the bit error rate of 10 to the -6th at this bit rate.

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Koji Yasukawa, Koji Goto, Kanshiro K. Kashiki, Kenichi Araki, Masaru Nagai, and Motoh Shimizu "Configuration and performance of optical modulator/demodulator for optical intersatellite communications", Proc. SPIE 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18201

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