Laser transmitter for cubesat-class applications

Jonathan R. Crabb; G. Stevens; C. Michie; W. Johnstone; E. Kehayas

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Laser transmitter for cubesat-class applications

Jonathan R. Crabb, G. Stevens, C. Michie, W. Johnstone, E. Kehayas

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Laser communications onboard CubeSats is an emerging technology for enabling high-speed space-based communication links. In this paper we present the development of a 25 cm 3 and second iteration 0.3 U CubeSat-class laser transmitter operating at data rates of up to 500 Mbps using OOK modulation and an output power of up to 300 mW over the entire C-band. We present results of the development and characterization of the transmitter. From this testing the design will be demonstrated up to TRL 4/5 with the view for future qualification work and electronics integration.

Original language	English
Article number	109101I
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	10910
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506967
Publication status	Published - 4 Mar 2019

Keywords

fiber optics
laser transmitters
communications
free space optics
satellite communications
space photonics
cubesats

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Laser transmitter for cubesat-class applications

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