论文信息 - Robust short-pulse high-peak-power laser transmitter for optical communications

Robust short-pulse high-peak-power laser transmitter for optical communications

We report on a pulsed fiber based master oscillator power amplifier laser at 1550 nm to support moderate data rates with high peak powers in a compact package suitable for interplanetary optical communications. To accommodate pulse position modulation, the polarization maintaining 1 W average power laser transmitter generates pulses from 0.1 to 1 ns with variable duty cycle over a pulse repetition frequency range of 10 to 100 MHz.

Malcolm W. Wright

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