Few-mode fiber coupling efficiency for free-space optical communication

X Fan, D Wang, J Cheng, J Yang, J Ma - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Few-mode fiber is a significant component of free-space optical communication at the
receiver to obtain achievable high coupling efficiency. A theoretical coupling model from the …

Measurements of few-mode fiber photonic lanterns in emulated atmospheric conditions for a low earth orbit space to ground optical communication receiver …

SA Tedder, B Floyd, YK Chahine… - Free-Space Laser …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photonic lanterns are being evaluated as a component of a scalable photon counting real-
time optical ground receiver for space-to-ground photon-starved communication …

Single-mode fiber and few-mode fiber photonic lanterns performance evaluated for use in a scalable real-time photon counting ground receiver

SA Tedder, BE Vyhnalek, S Leon-Saval… - Free-Space Laser …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photonic lanterns provide an efficient way of coupling light from a single large-core fiber to
multiple small-core fibers. This capability is of interest for space to ground communication …

Modelling the memory of turbulence-induced beam wander

MA Cox, L Gailele, L Cheng, A Forbes - arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.10519, 2019 - arxiv.org
One of the major challenges for long range, high speed Free-Space Optical (FSO)
communication is turbulence induced beam wander. Beam wander causes fluctuations in …

The application of photonic lanterns in free space optical communications

SA Tedder - Optical Interconnects XXIV, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photonic lanterns offer an efficient solution to transition distorted light from free space into
small aperture or single-mode waveguide devices. As a result, photonic lanterns can be …

[PDF][PDF] Improving the Resilience of Free-Space Optical Links using Structured Modes of Light

MA Cox - 2019 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
The work presented extends and contributes to research in mitigating the effects of
turbulence in long-range Free Space Optical (FSO) links using structured modes of light …