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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Aalyria Technologies, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Igor Landau, Boulder, CO (US);
Rick Young, Eagle, ID (US);
Aalyria Technologies, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A free-space optical communication terminal includes a first transmitter configured to transmit data using a first light beam in a short-wavelength infrared band (e.g., around 1.5 μm), a second transmitter configurable to transmit data using a second light beam in a mid-wavelength or long-wavelength infrared band (e.g., around 10 μm), an optical multiplexer coupled to the first transmitter and the second transmitter and configured to multiplex the first light beam and the second light beam into a multiplexed light beam, and a reflective optical antenna configured to transmit the multiplexed light beam into atmosphere. In some implementations, the reflective optical antenna includes one or more telescopes formed by mirrors, and the mirrors are characterized by a reflective band covering at least the short-wavelength infrared band and the long-wavelength infrared band.