Free Space Communications
Unique Beacon and Uplink Laser-Amplifiers
Extensively Compatible
WSL have developed the EDF-UL platform to be able to communicate with any satellite terminal, allowing for the selection of wavelength, modulation waveform and frequency and data transmission mode. The unit can be compatible with both SDA and CCSDS standards and is future proof to evolutions of these standards.
C-Band and L-Band Coverage
EDF-UL can be configured as a C-Band laser/amplifier or an L-Band laser/amplifier.
EDF-UL can also be configured to provide both C-Band and L-Band from a single laser source, via a single long delivery cable for ease of integration within complex optical ground stations
Beacon and Uplink
The EDF-UL can be modulated on demand, with software selectable modes of Acquisition (100% AM tracking tone at your required frequency), Data transmission ( modulation with up to 10Mbps OOK or amplification of high OOK data rates) and Tracking (simultaneous Data and AM-Tracking tone throughout the Satellite data link).
Amplitude Modulation Throughout the Link
WSL's unique "Modulation-on-Demand" enables BEACON and AM-Tracking with Data Modulation.
The video below demonstrates switching of the high-power laser amplitude modulation to configure to CCSDS or SDA standards - at high-power and across the C and L-Band.
The video demonstrates software-selectable square and sinusoidal waveforms, frequency, modulation index and the combination of both tracking tone / BEACON envelope and data modulation via TTL.
EDF-100 15xxnm High-Power Fiber Laser
Operating at a “Retina-Safe” wavelength, WSL’s EDF range of 15xxnm short-pulse fiber lasers enable integration into industrial, medical and scientific applications with reduced hazard zone and without compromising performance.
Delivering pulse energies greater than 10mJ, peak powers of more than 100-kWatts and average powers of more than 100-Watts, the EDF is the highest power Erbium-doped fiber laser commercially available.
The EDF platform can be customised to meet a wide-range of applications including high-precision marking as well as LIDAR and remote sensing.
