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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2025
Attochron, Llc, Lexington, VA (US);
Thomas M. Chaffee, Lexington, VA (US);
Wayne H. Knox, Rochester, NY (US);
Attochron, LLC, Lexington, VA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a free space optical communication system comprising a superluminescent light emitting diode (SLED) with an ultrashort coherence length configured to generate a broadband beam of light, a modulator configured to modulate the broadband beam of light to encode data and generate a modulated beam of light, a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) configured to amplify the modulated beam of light to generate an amplified beam of light, wherein the SOA has a bandwidth of at least 25, 50, or 100 nanometers, and an output configured to transmit the amplified beam of light through a variably refractive medium. The system enables high-bandwidth optical communication with improved performance in atmospheric turbulence.