An optical simulator for free-space laser long-distance propagation

Lingyu Wan; Liren Liu; Mingli Zhang; Zhu Luan; Shuyun Teng

doi:10.1117/12.557930

20 October 2004 An optical simulator for free-space laser long-distance propagation

Lingyu Wan, Liren Liu, Mingli Zhang, Zhu Luan, Shuyun Teng

Proceedings Volume 5550, Free-Space Laser Communications IV; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557930
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

As a step towards the development of a full scale intersatellite laser communication system, the on-ground simulation experiments and performances validation are necessary in the beginning. In this paper, we designed an optical simulator for on-ground communication performances validation of the free-space laser communication system. The simulator basically consists of a Four-transform lens of big aperture and long focal length and following three optical imaging amplifiers. It becomes possible to evaluate communication-performances of optical terminals by distance transform and background noise simulated. System analysis and simulated experiments show that the simulator is feasible and has the great potential for wide applications.

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Lingyu Wan, Liren Liu, Mingli Zhang, Zhu Luan, and Shuyun Teng "An optical simulator for free-space laser long-distance propagation", Proc. SPIE 5550, Free-Space Laser Communications IV, (20 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557930

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