Chinese Academy of Sciences

Shanghai Zhongke Shenguang Optoelectronics Industry Co., Ltd.

Peipei Hou

Yu Chen Zhou

Yiqun Bruce Wang

Zhiyong Lu

Lijuan Wang

Jianfeng Sun

Yueli Xi

An apparatus and method herein efficiently couple spatial light to optical fiber light for achieving stability of an optical axis without a position sensor. The basic concept of the method includes: first, obtaining, according to a theoretical coupling efficiency model, a model parameter by means of fitting calculation; second, using a four-point tracking algorithm to calculate an optical fiber nutation trajectory according to the optical fiber nutation principle; and finally, using the nutation trajectory to calculate the position deviation of a central point. The optical axis is ensured to be stable by correcting the position deviation, and the high coupling efficiency remains. The method is used for the stability of the optical axis in a space coherent laser communication DPSK link. The high efficiency coupling is a key technology of long-distance, high bit rate transmission in space laser communication, and is significant in the development of inter-satellite optical communications.

Apparatus and method for coupling the spatial light to the optical fiber light for achieving the stability of an optical axis without a position detector

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Peipei Hou