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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Tariq Manzur, Lincoln, RI (US);
Tariq Manzur, Lincoln, RI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A laser communication apparatus is provided for sending and receiving messages. A processor encodes user messages for a modulator. The modulator provides control signals related to the encoded message to a plurality of seed lasers. Each seed laser can provide light at a different wavelength. Amplifiers are joined to amplify light from the seed lasers. Amplified light is multiplexed together. Multiplexed light is transmitted by a collimating lens along a target vector. A portion of the light can be monitored by a first detector. A telescope receives light from the target vector and provides focused light to a second detector. The second detector provides a signal responsive to the received light to the processor. The processor decodes this signal to provide the received message.