Investigation of advanced control for adaptive optics in free-space optical communication

Helawae Friew Kelemu; Andrew Reeves; Ramon Mata Calvo; Wolfgang Drewelow; Torsten Jeinsch

doi:10.1117/12.2636270

26 October 2022 Investigation of advanced control for adaptive optics in free-space optical communication

Helawae Friew Kelemu, Andrew Reeves, Ramon Mata Calvo, Wolfgang Drewelow, Torsten Jeinsch

Proceedings Volume 12266, Environmental Effects on Light Propagation and Adaptive Systems V; 122660B (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2636270
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2022, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Free-Space Optical (FSO) communication can play an important role in meeting the demands of future high throughput and high data rate communication applications. However, atmospheric turbulence induced effects degrade the performance of FSO communication links resulting in high volume data losses. Adaptive Optics (AO) can be used to mitigate the effects of atmospheric turbulence in FSO links. A key challenge is the fact that turbulence scenarios in FSO links are stronger and FSO links are expected to remain operational in all conditions. This requires a robust AO controller that can cope with the more extreme turbulence. In this work, the design and simulation of one such advanced controller based on Linear Quadratic Gaussian control (LQG) is presented. The operation of the controller is demonstrated with an end-to-end simulation. The simulation uses multi-layer phase screens for representing the turbulent atmosphere and angular spectrum propagation for accuracy. We present here the performance of the AO controller through an analysis of the Strehl ratio, the fiber coupling efficiency and the power scintillation index on the fiber achieved.

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Helawae Friew Kelemu, Andrew Reeves, Ramon Mata Calvo, Wolfgang Drewelow, and Torsten Jeinsch "Investigation of advanced control for adaptive optics in free-space optical communication", Proc. SPIE 12266, Environmental Effects on Light Propagation and Adaptive Systems V, 122660B (26 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2636270

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