Abstract
Optical communication systems offer significant advantages over conventional microwave communications. They have the potential to provide high rate data links between satellites. Moving on to the optical frequency regime provides increased antenna gain with small congestion occuring in microwave communications. These properties and the high privacy due to the high directivity and small beam width make optical communications systems an ideal candidate for future intersatellite/interorbit data links.
© 1987 Optical Society of America
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