Implementation and validation of a CubeSat laser transmitter

The paper presents implementation and validation results for a CubeSat-scale laser transmitter. The master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) design produces a 1550 nm, 200mW average power optical signal through the use of a directly modulated laser diode and a commercial fiber amplifier. The prototy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kingsbury, Ryan W, Caplan, David O., Cahoy, Kerri
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory
Format: Article
Published: SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116594
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4432
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-5124