METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING A LASER TRANSMITTING SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL SPACE COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

The instant invention relates to a method and an arrangement for operating a laser transmitting system for optical space communications, in particular in combination with the generation of amplified laser light under space conditions. The optical laser transmitting system here consists of a laser 2, acting as an optic al oscillator, and an optical semiconductor amplifier 6, which are connected with e ach other by a polarization-maintaining optical fiber 4, or alternatively by an opti cal space connection. A light beam 8 exiting from the optical semiconductor amplifie r 6 is converted via a special optical lens system 10 into a collimated light beam 1 2 with an even lateral extension and is radiated after further optical conversions .