Program Overview
This course introduces laser communication principles and technologies, emphasizing differences and similarities to RF communications. It covers link budget analysis, transceiver components, performance advantages of optical communication, and atmospheric effects. The program provides a comprehensive understanding of laser communication systems and their design considerations.
Program Outline
Outline:
This course provides an introduction and overview of laser communication principles and technologies for unguided, free-space beam propagation. Special emphasis is on highlighting the differences and similarities to RF communications and other laser systems, and design issues and options relevant to future laser communication terminals for which there currently are no textbook solutions. Topics include:
- Link budget analysis, the basis of laser communications transceiver design
- Comprehensive understanding of the components and subsystems that constitute a laser communications transceiver