Laser communication system and laser communication method
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsShingo Nishikata, Hiroshi Arakawa, Yoshikatsu Kuroda, Hiroshi Ikebuchi, Yukito Hata, Yuichi Araki, Koichi Hamamoto, Tomoya Morioka, Atsushi Ochiai
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Abstract
A solid obstacle is removed with a high-power laser beam to establish a transmission path for a spatial laser communication. When a space in which the laser beam is transmitted is blocked off by the solid obstacle, the spatial laser communication cannot be carried out.
Claims16
A laser communication system comprising:
- a first communication station;
- and
- a second communication station configured to carry out a laser optical communication with the first communication station,
- wherein the first communication station comprises a high-power laser oscillator configured to generate a high-power laser beam which can be used to remove a solid body.
A laser communication method of carrying out a laser beam communication in a laser communication system including a first communication station and a second communication station, comprising:
- removing a solid body with a high-power laser beam generated by a high-power laser oscillator of the first communication station;
- and
- carrying out the laser beam communication through a space blocked by the solid body between the first communication station and the second communication station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.