An optical beacon is comprised of a telescope having a primary focal plane or
Coud focal plane, a plurality of fiber coupled laser sources for generating
a plurality of beams, a collimator for collimating the plurality of beams, and
optics for combining and focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary
or Coud focal plane of the telescope. The telescope propagates the optical
beacon, which is arranged into a ring of incoherent plurality of collimated beams.
The apparatus further comprises fiber splitters coupled to each laser source to
provide at least eight beams from at least four laser sources. The optics comprises
a prism assembly, a combiner lens, a focusing lens and a field lens for focusing
the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary focal plane or Coud focal
plane of the telescope.
