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Coherent communication link using diode-pumped lasers
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kane, Thomas J. Wallace, Richard W. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | Work toward developing a diffraction limited, single frequency, modulated transmitter suitable for coherent optical communication or direct detection communication is discussed. Diode pumped, monolithic Nd:YAG nonplanar ring oscillators were used as the carrier beam. An external modulation technique which can handle high optical powers, has moderate modulation voltage, and which can reach modulation rates of 1 GHz was invented. Semiconductor laser pumped solid-state lasers which have high output power (0.5 Watt) and which oscillate at a single frequency, in a diffraction limited beam, at the wavelength of 1.06 microns were built. A technique for phase modulating the laser output by 180 degrees with a 40-volt peak to peak driving voltage is demonstrated. This technique can be adapted for amplitude modulation of 100 percent with the same voltage. This technique makes use of a resonant bulk modulator, so it does not have the power handling limitations of guided wave modulators. |
| File Size | 1161530 |
| Page Count | 23 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920002931 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5p895z62 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Communications And Radar Frequency Modulation Phase Modulation Laser Pumping Yag Lasers Amplitude Modulation Semiconductor Diodes Oscillators Transmitters Semiconductor Lasers Diffraction Solid State Lasers Optical Communication Ring Lasers Neodymium Lasers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |