USPL-FSO lasercom point-to-point and point-to-multipoint optical wireless communication

An optical communication transceiver system comprising:

• an ultra-short-pulse-laser (USPL) source operating in the wavelength range of 1.3 to 1.6 microns, the USPL source configured to generate a beam having a mode-locked pulse repetition rate comprising light pulses each having a duration of approximately one (1) nanosecond or shorter;
• an electronic switching element external to the said USPL source configured to provide an electronic clock signal suitable to control the mode-locked pulse repetition rate of the USPL source;
• an optical modulation element external to the said USPL source driven by an electronic data signal from the said external electronic switching element that is synchronized with the said clock signal and configured to apply a non-return to zero modulation signal to the said optical modulation element resulting in first data impressed on the said light pulses in a return to zero first modulated optical signal configured for transmission to a second optical communication transceiver system located remote from the optical communication transceiver system;
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• an optical receiver configured to receive a second modulated optical signal comprising second data from the second optical communication transceiver system.