Adaptive optics technology and urban horizontal link laser communication system

Abstract

The wavefront distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence seriously affects the performance of free-space optical communication (FSOC) system. Adaptive optics (AO) technology has been proven to be an effective method to suppress atmospheric turbulence. Two laser communication terminals equipped with AO system are designed and manufactured, which are used in the horizontal link near the ground. In the laboratory simulation, 100-Gbps data transmission can be realized under moderate turbulence (D / r0 < 10), the bit error rate (BER) is better than 1 × 10 − 6, and the measured single-mode fiber coupling efficiency is 42% to 48%. 10-Gbps data transmission can be realized under strong turbulence (D / r0 > 10), and the BER is better than 1 × 10 − 6. The BER is high in the practical communication test under the urban horizontal link of 1 km (D / r0 = 10), the BER is 1 × 10 − 3, and the coupling efficiency is 12% to 20%. Finally, to achieve the goal of 100-Gbps FSOC for near ground and long distance, based on the experimental performance of the existing two sets of laser communication system, the solution of laser communication system is proposed, which provides a reference for relevant researchers.