Free space optical communication tracking with electronic boresight compensation and co-boresighted transmit and receive optics
US9876567B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 21, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/1123
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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