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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
L-3 Communications Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Brian Edward Roberds, San Marcos, CA (US);
Timothy Clyde Collins, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jayant Kumar Gupta, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jaclyn Marie Nascimento, Oceanside, CA (US);
Gregory Joseph Pietrangelo, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael John Talmadge, San Marcos, CA (US);
Nathan Verner Whittenton, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas Karl Berger, Winchester, CA (US);
Christopher Ryan Collins, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Tristan Dennis Jones, Carlsbad, CA (US);
L-3 Communications Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus of establishing a free-space communication link through a medium. The medium can be an occluded environment with increased absorption and/or scattering effects. The free-space communication link includes a transmitter configured to transmit an optical signal at a wavelength suitable for transmission through the medium without suffering excessive optical losses due to absorption and/or scattering effects. The free-space communication link includes a receiver configured to receive the transmitted optical signal. The transmitter-receiver pair is configured to efficiently transmit optical signals at the suitable wavelength over a distance between about 1 mm and about 50 m. The transmitter and the receiver can be configured as portions of a fiber-optic connector assembly that can be used to connect two fiber-optic cables in an occluded environment.