{"id":13839,"date":"2019-08-11T20:03:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T00:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iridian.ca\/?page_id=13839"},"modified":"2019-12-05T21:54:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T02:54:47","slug":"satcom-optical-filters-and-coatings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iridian.ca\/zh-hans\/application-areas\/satcom-optical-filters-and-coatings\/","title":{"rendered":"Satcom Optical Filters and Coatings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Satcom Optical Filters &#038; Coatings&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; button_one_text=&#8221;GET A QUOTE&#8221; button_one_url=&#8221;\/rfq\/&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; 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Iridian designs and manufactures custom wavelength selective windows and transceiver filters to improve the signal to noise in these systems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2167a1;\"><strong>Iridian<\/strong><\/span> has over 20 years of experience producing industry leading optical telecommunication and datacom filters<\/p>\n<p>for terrestrial systems. This communication filter expertise is combined with a space heritage providing filters flown in satellite applications such as earth observation and<\/p>\n<p>is supported by a dedicated <span style=\"color: #2167a1;\"><strong>A<\/strong><strong>erospace<\/strong> <strong>and Specialty<\/strong> <strong>Optics <\/strong><\/span>group to guide customers from initial specification and design through to full volume production from our Ottawa, Canada facility.<\/p>\n<h2>Satcom and Optical Filters<\/h2>\n<p>Commercial Satcom networks will consist of constellations of 100\u2019s to 1000\u2019s of satellites in an interconnected low earth orbit (<span style=\"color: #2167a1;\"><strong>LEO<\/strong><\/span>) mesh. Many of these systems rely on an optical intersatellite link (<span style=\"color: #2167a1;\"><strong>OISL<\/strong><\/span>) architecture to connect satellites via laser based optical communications. 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