GB2551342B - Free space optical communication system receiver - Google Patents

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GB2551342B
GB2551342B GB1610268.3A GB201610268A GB2551342B GB 2551342 B GB2551342 B GB 2551342B GB 201610268 A GB201610268 A GB 201610268A GB 2551342 B GB2551342 B GB 2551342B
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Charles Laycock Leslie
James Williams Andrew
Stewart Griffith Michael
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BAE Systems PLC
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/112—Line-of-sight transmission over an extended range
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
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PCT/GB2017/051690 WO2017216526A1 (en) 2016-06-13 2017-06-09 Free space optical communication system receiver
ES17729536T ES2866902T3 (en) 2016-06-13 2017-06-09 Free Space Optical Communication System Receiver
US16/309,333 US10476591B2 (en) 2016-06-13 2017-06-09 Free space optical communication system receiver
EP17729536.7A EP3469740B1 (en) 2016-06-13 2017-06-09 Free space optical communication system receiver

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US5790291A (en) * 1995-12-07 1998-08-04 Lucent Technologies Inc. Beam steering and tracking of laser communication links by dual-quadrant tracker and photodiode assembly
US6381055B1 (en) * 1998-04-16 2002-04-30 At&T Corp. Transceiver positioning in free-space optical networks
EP1284431A1 (en) * 2001-08-17 2003-02-19 Lucent Technologies Inc. Interconnecting processing units using space division multiplexed free space optics
JP2004356890A (en) * 2003-05-28 2004-12-16 Victor Co Of Japan Ltd Optical wireless transmission device, optical axis adjusting method for optical wireless transmission device, optical wireless communication method, and optical wireless transmission system
US20070280694A1 (en) * 2006-04-27 2007-12-06 Hideo Yasumoto Optical receiving device and optical receiving method
US7689127B1 (en) * 2004-04-15 2010-03-30 Lockheed Martin Corporation Deformable mirrors for multi-access laser communications terminal
US20130082162A1 (en) * 2010-03-16 2013-04-04 Jan Eide Method of Directing an Optical Receiver Toward a Light Source and an Apparatus of Practising the Method

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US5790291A (en) * 1995-12-07 1998-08-04 Lucent Technologies Inc. Beam steering and tracking of laser communication links by dual-quadrant tracker and photodiode assembly
US6381055B1 (en) * 1998-04-16 2002-04-30 At&T Corp. Transceiver positioning in free-space optical networks
EP1284431A1 (en) * 2001-08-17 2003-02-19 Lucent Technologies Inc. Interconnecting processing units using space division multiplexed free space optics
JP2004356890A (en) * 2003-05-28 2004-12-16 Victor Co Of Japan Ltd Optical wireless transmission device, optical axis adjusting method for optical wireless transmission device, optical wireless communication method, and optical wireless transmission system
US7689127B1 (en) * 2004-04-15 2010-03-30 Lockheed Martin Corporation Deformable mirrors for multi-access laser communications terminal
US20070280694A1 (en) * 2006-04-27 2007-12-06 Hideo Yasumoto Optical receiving device and optical receiving method
US20130082162A1 (en) * 2010-03-16 2013-04-04 Jan Eide Method of Directing an Optical Receiver Toward a Light Source and an Apparatus of Practising the Method

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