Patent ID: 8818197
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for high bandwidth optical communication, comprising: establishing a communication link between a laser transmitter and a receiving unit, the laser transmitter including an energy storing architecture, and the energy storing architecture including an energy storing laser; converting data to be transmitted by the laser transmitter into a communication signal; incorporating the communication signal into a laser transmission that includes a plurality of laser pulses, each of the plurality of laser pulses having a pulse width less than half a time period between adjacent laser pulses of the laser transmission; transmitting the laser transmission; the energy storing architecture converting electrical energy into optical energy and storing the optical energy or the electrical energy generated between a transmission of adjacent laser pulses of the laser transmission; the energy storing laser outputting a laser pulse having a peak power that is one or more orders of magnitude larger than an average power of the laser transmission; receiving, via a receive optics component, a received laser transmission that includes a received communication signal and a received feedback signal; separating, via a receiver detector, the received communication signal from the received laser transmission; separating, via a tracking detector, the received feedback signal from the received laser transmission; determining, via a tracking electronics component, repositioning information based on the received feedback signal; and repositioning, via a pointing system, the laser transmitter using the repositioning information such that the laser transmission is directed to a receiver unit.