Cobalt optical crosslink terminal

Ryan W. Kingsbury; Jonathan C. Twichell; Scott E. Palo

doi:10.1117/12.2610501

4 March 2022 Cobalt optical crosslink terminal

Ryan W. Kingsbury, Jonathan C. Twichell, Scott E. Palo

Proceedings Volume 11993, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXIV; 119930N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610501
Event: SPIE LASE, 2022, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Blue Cubed has developed Cobalt, a gigabit-per-second class optical crosslink terminal that has been engineered to minimize cost and be easily mass produced. These benefits are realized through the design’s novel, patented self-referenced optical architecture. This approach greatly relaxes manufacturing tolerances and makes the terminal exceptionally robust to environmental loading. Herein the status of terminal development, lessons learned in design validation, and the path towards an on-orbit demonstration are discussed.

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Ryan W. Kingsbury, Jonathan C. Twichell, and Scott E. Palo "Cobalt optical crosslink terminal", Proc. SPIE 11993, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXIV, 119930N (4 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610501

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