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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander A. Betin, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Vladimir V. Shkunov, San Pedro, CA (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04B 10/118 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04B 10/118 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for reducing optical signal fading in an optical communication system include: dynamically obtaining turbulence-induced divergence and deviations of pointing direction for the atmosphere where an optical signal to be transmitted through; generating a single-transverse-mode laser beam of a predetermined diameter as the optical signal; dynamically varying the diameter of the laser beam to match the obtained turbulence-induced divergence of the atmosphere with a backtrack pointing direction; and transmitting the laser beam with varying diameter to a remote transceiver, as the optical signal.


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