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georgeg23 on Jan 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Internet in space” will transform the satellite i...

Curious how LiDAR tech could be used for high speed communication?

At best that is time-multiplexing, not multiple parallel beams of information?

JumpCrisscross on Jan 1, 2023 [–]

> Curious how LiDAR tech could be used for high speed communication?

Lasers don’t care if they’re carrying data out or on return. The same optics being pursued for LiDAR have applications in communications. Solid-state waveguides and MEMS being examples.

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