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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2017
Applicant:
SA Photonics, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
William C. Dickson, Granville, OH (US);
Andrew K. McClaren, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Greg G. Mitchell, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
SA Photonics, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/1125 (2013.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04B 10/1123 (2013.01);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments described herein include a bi-directional Free Space Optical (FSO) communication unit that may be used in a multi-node FSO communication system. The bi-directional FSO unit may include a co-boresighted optical unit such that received and transmitted beams are coincident through a common aperture. Embodiments described herein may be used to correct or accommodate the alignment errors of the received and transmitted beams.