Experimental implementation of fiber optic bundle array wide FOV free space optical communications receiver

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العنوان: Experimental implementation of fiber optic bundle array wide FOV free space optical communications receiver
المؤلفون: Nathan W Rolander, David M Brown, Andrea M Brown, Daniel V. Hahn, Chun-Huei Bair, Joseph E. Sluz
المصدر: Applied optics. 51(18)
سنة النشر: 2012
مصطلحات موضوعية: Optical fiber, business.industry, Computer science, Optical cross-connect, Optical communication, Physics::Optics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, law.invention, Core (optical fiber), Optics, Transducer, law, Bundle, Fiber optic splitter, Fiber bundle, Fiber, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, Engineering (miscellaneous), Computer hardware, Free-space optical communication
الوصف: A gimbal-free wide field-of-regard (FOR) optical receiver has been built in a laboratory setting for proof-of-concept testing. Multiple datasets are presented that examine the overall FOR of the system and the receiver's ability to track and collect a signal from a moving source. The design is not intended to compete with traditional free space optical communication systems, but rather offer an alternative design that minimizes the number and complexity of mechanical components required at the surface of a small mobile platform. The receiver is composed of a micro-lens array and hexagonal bundles of large core optical fibers that route the optical signal to remote detectors and electronics. Each fiber in the bundle collects power from a distinct solid angle of space and a piezo-electric transducer is used to translate the micro-lens array and optimize coupling into a given fiber core in the bundle. The micro-lens to fiber bundle design is scalable, modular, and can be replicated in an array to increase aperture size.
تدمد: 1539-4522
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::44187d605cdb04a604d62caecd6aeaec
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22722273
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....44187d605cdb04a604d62caecd6aeaec
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE