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19 February 2009A new design of WDM-based optical inter-satellite links in modern small satellite constellations
Through the detail analysis of inter-satellites links in modern small satellite constellations, a new optical
filters-based four-channel wavelength division multiplexer was designed and fabricated. This WDM device
working at 0.85, 1.06, 1.31 and 1.55μm is designed to build an optical inter-satellites link, which provide two data
streams at 0.85 and 1.55μm, an inter-satellite tracking channel at 1.06μm, and an different orbit communication
channel at 1.31μm. Through experiments, we got the channel download efficiencies at 0.85, 1.06, 1.31 and 1.55μm
are 49.7%, 42.3%, 33.4% and 25.1% and the channel interval is 5mm. The features of small size and light weight
make this WDM device quite attractive for space borne applications and the big channel interval could also
accommodate the wavelength shifts due to Doppler Effect, temperature variations and radiation effects in space.
Zhihua Yu,Fengguang Luo,Liangjia Zong, andQing Tao
"A new design of WDM-based optical inter-satellite links in modern small satellite constellations", Proc. SPIE 7279, Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) 2008: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, 72790Q (19 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821307
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Zhihua Yu, Fengguang Luo, Liangjia Zong, Qing Tao, "A new design of WDM-based optical inter-satellite links in modern small satellite constellations," Proc. SPIE 7279, Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) 2008: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, 72790Q (19 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821307