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<title>High-power optical amplifiers enable 1550-nm terrestrial free-space optical data links operating at WDM 2.5-Gb/s data rates</title>

Paul F. Szajowski, G. Nykolak, James J. Auborn, H. M. Presby, G. E. Tourgee, Dennis M. Romain

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1999 · 10 citations · 0 references

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EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsCommunication SystemsFree-space OpticsLaser OpticsOptical AmplifiersOptical Communication SystemsChannelsFree-space Optical CommunicationHigh-power Optical AmplifiersOptical Communication LinksOptical Transmission Systems

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Optical amplifiers are an enabling technology for free space laser communications. Transmission of four multiplexed 2.5 Gbps channels at 1550 nm over a 4.4 km terrestrial link is described and modeled.

&lt;title&gt;High-power optical amplifiers enable 1550-nm terrestrial free-space optical data links operating at WDM 2.5-Gb/s data rates&lt;/title&gt;

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<title>High-power optical amplifiers enable 1550-nm terrestrial free-space optical data links operating at WDM 2.5-Gb/s data rates</title>