Overview of NRL's Maritime Laser Communication Test Facility

Abstract

NRL has established a 20 mile round trip laser communication test facility across the Chesapeake Bay for investigating lasercomm performance in a maritime environment. Experiments at this facility have successfully demonstrated links at data rates up to 2.5 Gbps and at lower rates in light rain and fog. This facility is currently being upgraded to allow long term monitoring of a one-way 10 mile link across the Bay. Parameters monitored will include BER, turbulence conditions, atmospheric transmission, and meteorological conditions. A summary of past results, the design/status of the upgrade to the test facility, and recent results will be presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA472235

Entities

People

  • Christopher I. Moore
  • G. Charmaine Gilbreath
  • Harris R. Burris
  • Lee A. Swingen
  • Linda Wasiczko
  • Mena F. Stell
  • Michele R. Suite
  • Rita Mahon
  • William J. Scharpf
  • William S. Rabinovich

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Bays
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Construction
  • Data Rate
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Laser Communications
  • Military Research
  • Power Levels
  • Radiation
  • Test Facilities
  • Transceivers
  • Transmitters
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy