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Optical ground-station power amplifiers

C-band high-power optical amplification for ground-to-space communication terminals.

Configuration-specific ground hardware

  • 50 W described amplifier configuration
  • C-band output
  • PPM, OOK or coherent-link review

Define modulation format, delivery optics and power at the required output plane. Near-diffraction-limited beam quality is described qualitatively; no numerical propagation factor is assigned in the available specification.

Configuration options

Each row is a separate configuration. Limits from different rows must not be combined.
ConfigurationOptical bandListed output power
Ground-station amplifierC-band; exact range to confirmUp to 50 W

Technical details

Beam quality
Near diffraction limited; numerical M² to confirm
Modulation formats for review
Pulse-position modulation, on-off keying or coherent signalling
Interface conformance
Required optical-communications standard and revision to be agreed

Integration and delivery

Integration
Custom optical, control and thermal interfaces

Conditions and configuration notes

  • The detailed description gives up to 50 W; a separate headline mentions greater than 50 W. This draft adopts the described 50 W configuration and leaves higher output for confirmation.
  • Modulation format, peak power, duty cycle and received waveform quality must be specified together.

Applications to discuss

  • Optical satellite uplinks
  • Ground-station terminals
  • Space-debris tracking

Specify your configuration

Precisometer supports selection and integration. Contact us for a quotation against an agreed configuration.

  • Target wavelength or passband and input/output power
  • Gain, noise, timing and polarization requirements
  • Optical connections, control interface and installation conditions
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Local technical draft · configuration and final specifications require confirmation.