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A space division multiplexed free-space-optical communication system that can auto-locate and fully self align with a remote transceiver.

ABSTRACT: Free-Space Optical (FSO) systems offer the ability to distribute high speed digital links into remote and rural communities where terrain, installation cost or infrastructure security pose critical hurdles to deployment. A challenge in any point-to-point FSO system is initiating and maintaining optical alignment from the sender to the receiver. In this paper we propose and demonstrate a low-complexity self-aligning FSO prototype that can completely self-align with no requirement for initial manual positioning and could therefore form the opto-mechanical basis for a mesh network of optical transceivers. The prototype utilises off-the-shelf consumer electrical components and a bespoke alignment algorithm. We demonstrate an eight fibre spatially multiplexed link with a loss of 15?dB over 210?m.

SUBMITTER: Abadi MM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6928158 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A space division multiplexed free-space-optical communication system that can auto-locate and fully self align with a remote transceiver.

Abadi Mojtaba Mansour MM Cox Mitchell A MA Alsaigh Rakan E RE Viola Shaun S Forbes Andrew A Lavery Martin P J MPJ

Scientific reports 20191223 1

Free-Space Optical (FSO) systems offer the ability to distribute high speed digital links into remote and rural communities where terrain, installation cost or infrastructure security pose critical hurdles to deployment. A challenge in any point-to-point FSO system is initiating and maintaining optical alignment from the sender to the receiver. In this paper we propose and demonstrate a low-complexity self-aligning FSO prototype that can completely self-align with no requirement for initial manu ...[more]

PMID: 31873095

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