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FREE-SPACE OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY

Replaces the need for Adaptive Raytheon just broke the barrier. : Wavefront Sensor, Deformable , Feedback Raytheon’s latest Free-Space Optical Communication technology is rewriting the book on laser-driven, high-speed data transfer.

Receiver SWaP-C Comparison Free-Space Optical Communication technology is nothing new. Challenges to FSO capability ƒƒ Size reduced from 1,000 to 10 cc until now have been a challenge to overcome. Commercial-grade systems are expensive and ƒƒ Weight reduced from 1,000 to 10g bulky, and their streaming speeds aren’t very well-suited to today’s demand for lightning-fast ƒƒ Power reduced from W to 0 power performance. But Raytheon engineers have changed all that.

ƒƒ Cost reduced to approximately 90 Raytheon takes decades of cutting-edge optical experience to create the next- generation FSO. percent of adaptive optics systems On the ground or up in space, Raytheon’s breakthrough design allows for a system that’s 100 ƒ ƒ Seven orders of magnitude reduction times smaller, 100 times lighter and significantly faster than technology currently in use. SWaP–C Improvements Plus, it’s a fraction of the cost of the big commercial systems out there. All that, and it runs on just 10 percent of the power required. ƒƒ Passive ƒƒ No electromechanical systems With a range of up to 50 kilometers in the field and thousands of kilometers out into space, ƒƒ No adaptive optical systems Raytheon’s FSO technology stretches connections to new lengths. So why go through the ƒƒ Extremely lightweight and compact expense and labor of solid, fiber-optic infrastructure, or satellite payloads that are bigger and ƒƒ Flexible form factor (conformal) heavier than they need to be? ƒƒ Low cost and complexity The perfect solution is in the air and on the table now. Raytheon’s latest Open-Space Optical Communication technology improves size, speed, weight, power and cost factors to break Performance Improvements barriers. With the power of laser and a partner like Raytheon, imagine the possibilities. ƒƒ Near lossless coupling to detector ƒƒ Variable data rate without hardware modification ƒƒ Usable in extreme turbulence of more than 10s of Lamda ƒƒ Single-channel data rate more than 100 Gb/s ƒƒ Usable on small platforms on Open-Space Communication UUV/UAV/mSat Technology benefits: ƒƒ Enables multiple receive apertures/ omni-directional ƒƒ Compact ƒƒ Versatile ƒƒ Simple ƒƒ Passive Contact: ƒƒ Robust ƒƒ Affordable Lincoln Neely Advanced Concepts and Technology [email protected] 469-994-8882