With the goal of meeting the diverse requirements of many different types of platforms, ranging from small drones to big satellites, and being applied in a variety of diverse scenarios, ranging from fixed terrestrial links to moving platforms in general, and operating within a wide range of conditions and distances, the Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) is currently working towards the development of a series of versatile miniaturized free-space laser-communication terminals. By choosing the appropriate terminal configuration for any given scenario, the basic conditions of operations can be satisfied without the need of customization, and the adaptive design of the terminals can close the gap to achieve an optimum solution that meets the communication requirements. This paper presents NICT's current efforts regarding the development of this series of lasercom terminals and introduces the first prototypes developed for validation and test purposes.


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    Title :

    NICT's versatile miniaturized lasercom terminals for moving platforms




    Publication date :

    2022-03-28


    Size :

    1032772 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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