Mitigating angular misalignment from atmospheric effects in FSO links

Peter G. LoPresti; Hazem Refai; James J. Sluss

doi:10.1117/12.719772

12 May 2007 Mitigating angular misalignment from atmospheric effects in FSO links

Peter G. LoPresti, Hazem Refai, James J. Sluss

Proceedings Volume 6551, Atmospheric Propagation IV; 65510K (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719772
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Accuracy of alignment is a key factor for successfully establishing and maintaining connections in networks of freespace optical links, and is particularly critical when one or both of the transceivers are moving. Scintillation and other atmospheric effects create beam deflections that further complicate the alignment process by creating rays that enter the receiver at an angle to the optical axis. This paper theoretically studies the effective angular misalignment that can be caused by such deflections and mitigation methods for a traditional free-space optical link. The theory uses Gaussian beam propagation and system theory to determine the optical power distribution at the receiver lens and the position of the beam at the lens focal point. Coordinate transformation and overlap integrals are used to assist in calculating the amount of power collected by the lens and incident on the collecting core of the fiber. The use of a fiber bundle at the focal plane of the lens is investigated as a possible method for reducing the receiver sensitivity to misalignment. The simulation results show that some reduction in misalignment sensitivity within some practical system design limits.

Citation Download Citation

Peter G. LoPresti, Hazem Refai, and James J. Sluss "Mitigating angular misalignment from atmospheric effects in FSO links", Proc. SPIE 6551, Atmospheric Propagation IV, 65510K (12 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719772

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available