Air-to-ground lasercom system demonstration design overview and results summary

We present an overview of an air-to-ground laser communications demonstration performed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Error-free communication at 2.5 Gb/s was demonstrated along a 25-km slant path between a 1-in transmit aperture on an aircraft at 12 kft altitude and ground terminal with 4 separate 1-c...

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Main Authors: Walther, Frederick G., Michael, Steven, Parenti, Ronald R., Taylor, John A.
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61648