All-fiber photonic lantern multimode optical receiver with coherent adaptive optics beam combining

B Zhang, J Sun, C Lao, CH Betters, A Argyros… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
A multimode optical receiver for free space optical communications (FSOC) based on a
photonic lantern and adaptive optics coherent beam combining (CBC) of the lantern's single …

10 kW-level spectral beam combination of two high power broad-linewidth fiber lasers by means of edge filters

F Chen, J Ma, C Wei, R Zhu, W Zhou, Q Yuan, S Pan… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrated a scheme to spectrally combine two high power, broad-linewidth single
beams using a steep edge filter as the combining element. 10.12 kW combined output …

A community-driven approach to democratize access to satellite ground stations

V Singh, A Prabhakara, D Zhang, O Yağan… - Proceedings of the 27th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Should you decide to launch a nano-satellite today in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), the cost of
renting ground station communication infrastructure is likely to significantly exceed your …

Free space optical communication receiver based on a spatial demultiplexer and a photonic integrated coherent combining circuit

V Billault, J Bourderionnet, JP Mazellier… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Atmospheric turbulence can generate scintillation or beam wandering phenomena that
impairs free space optical (FSO) communication. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate …

Fiber laser transceiving and wavefront aberration mitigation with adaptive distributed aperture array for free-space optical communications

C Geng, F Li, J Zuo, J Liu, X Yang, T Yu, J Jiang, X Li - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, we propose and demonstrate efficient adaptive optics correction of a
distributed 19-element fiber laser array for both receiving and transmission for the first time …

Multi-aperture all-fiber active coherent beam combining for free-space optical communication receivers

Y Yang, C Geng, F Li, G Huang, X Li - Optics Express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Multi-aperture receiver with optical combining architecture is an effective approach to
overcome the turbulent atmosphere effect on the performance of the free-space optical …

Integrated spatial light receivers based on inverse design

S Jiao, J Qiu, Y Chen, R Tao, W Guo, Y Li, J Wu - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Photonic integrated spatial light receivers play a crucial role in free space optical (FSO)
communication systems. In this paper, we propose a 4-channel and 6-channel spatial light …

Multi-aperture Coherent Digital Combining Based on Complex-valued MIMO 2N× 2 Adaptive Equalizer for FSO Communication

N Liu, C Ju, D Wang, D Wang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collecting light using multiple small apertures offers a lot of advantages over doing so using
a single large aperture, including the effective mitigation of scintillation under strong …

Digital turbulence compensation of free space optical link with multimode optical amplifier

NK Fontaine, R Ryf, Y Zhang… - 45th European …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate digital turbulence compensation using a 12-spatial mode digital coherent
receiver with a multimode preamplifier that provides a 6-dB sensitivity improvement. This …

Emulating atmospheric turbulence effects on a micro-mirror array: assessing the DMD for use with free-space-to-fibre optical connections

DM Benton, AD Ellis, Y Li, Z Hu - Engineering Research Express, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Emulated atmospheric turbulence effects constructed from a set of 22 Zernike modes have
been written upon a DMD micromirror array operating as a binary amplitude spatial light …