HIGH POWER OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (HPOA)

FOR SPACE-BASED LASER COMMUNICATION TERMINALS

FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN SPACE 

  • Hi-Rel product for GEO and LEO applications
  • Stand-alone equipment with integrated electronics
  • Product selected by Airbus Defence and Space for TELEO and LASIN in-orbit demonstrations on-board BADR-8 and CO3D satellites
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LASER AMPLIFIER

BREAKTHROUGH FIBER LASER AMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN SPACE

  • In-flight adjustable optical output power in Automatic Power Control (APC) mode
  • Compatible with classical modulation formats including: OOK, DPSK, NRZ, QPSK, etc.
  • Polarization maintaining (PM) or nonpolarization maintaining options are available

 

PRODUCT ON-BOARD

  • BADR-8 (GEO) & CO3D (LEO)
  • SATELLITES
PERFORMANCES

WAVELENGTH

1535-1565 µm (C_band)
INPUT POWER SIGNAL down to 50 µW (-13 dBm)
OUTPUT POWER SIGNAL up-to 5W (first flight on BADR-8) or 11 W (on-going development)

 

MASS AND DIMENSIONS
MASS between 1.6 kg and 3.5 kg depending on the options
DIMENSIONS 5W: 183 mm x 163 mm x 65 mm
10W: 220 mm x 200 mm x 65 mm

 

LIFETIME AND RELIABILITY
LIFETIME up to 15 years and compatible GEO, EOR and LEO
RELIBILITY 500 FIT @100% duty cycle

 

ENVIRONMENTS
OPERATING TEMPERATURE +10°C ; +55°C
NON-OPERATING TEMPERATURE -35°C ; +70°C
RADIATIONS (TIDL) up to 10 Mrad
RANDOM VIBRATIONS 18 Grms (OOP) ; 10 Grms (IP)
SHOCKS 1300 g