Citation
Abstract
To meet the future laser transmitter requirements of deep-space optical communications, a breadboard fiber-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser was developed and tested. A polarized output with improved efficiency and higher data rates as compared with previous designs was demonstrated in a modular system. Several source laser configurations were tested and compared along with a programmable pulse-position modulator data encoder. Average powers of up to 10 W at 100 MHz for sub-nanosecond pulses at a 1.06-µm wavelength were measured, extending the previously developed system capability to higher-order pulse-position modulation data formats.
Keywords
optical communications
fiber based MOPA
laser transmitter
Details
- Volume
- 42-171
- Published
- November 15, 2007
- Pages
- 1–18
- File Size
- 668.6 KB