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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Gary D. Coleman, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
C. Thomas Hastings, Jr., Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Duane Smith, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
David Filgas, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Gary D. Coleman, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
C. Thomas Hastings, Jr., Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Duane Smith, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
David Filgas, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A free space optical communication system () and method including: several optical beam expanders () for receiving incoming optical signals from ground sites and neighboring satellites; several optical preamplifiers () for preamplifying the received optical signals; one or more optical main amplifiers () for amplifying the preamplified optical signals; and an optical switch () for directing respective amplified optical signals to respective destinations via a respective optical beam expander. The respective amplified optical signals are inputted to a respective optical beam expander () for transmission to said respective destinations, as outgoing optical signals.