Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication
Modulating retro-reflector (MRR) free-space optical (FSO) communication technology presents a bright future for realizing the small size, weight, and power (SWaP) design of one end of the optical link, facilitating the further application of the FSO communication to the small platforms. However, the...
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| author | Jiahan Tian Tingbiao Guo Nan He Ji Du Qiangsheng Huang Xiaojian Hong Chao Fei Yuan Wang Tianyi Zhang Junping Zhang Sailing He |
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| description | Modulating retro-reflector (MRR) free-space optical (FSO) communication technology presents a bright future for realizing the small size, weight, and power (SWaP) design of one end of the optical link, facilitating the further application of the FSO communication to the small platforms. However, the limited field-of-view (FOV) of MRR impedes its wide employment. In this article, a novel wide-FOV MRR using an image space telecentric lens is proposed and a bidirectional FSO communication system is experimentally demonstrated using this MRR with a single light source. The performance of the telecentric lens between the transceiver and terminal is assessed by simulation and also validated by experimental results, with a coupling loss less than 9.1 dB within a FOV of 110°. Both 10-Gbit/s on-off keying (OOK) downstream and upstream signals for free space communication at different incident angles are successfully realized using this designed wide-FOV MRR. The experimental results validate the proposed MRR has a FOV of up to 110° where the measured bit error rate (BER) is lower than 3.8 × 10<sup>−3</sup> for both downstream and upstream signals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest FOV ever reported for MRRs in high-speed bidirectional FSO communication systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-05c5d1a8d17e4edf8917caa942815d7c2025-08-20T03:15:13ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552023-01-011551810.1109/JPHOT.2023.330551210218994Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical CommunicationJiahan Tian0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4164-1300Tingbiao Guo1Nan He2Ji Du3Qiangsheng Huang4Xiaojian Hong5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0789-8453Chao Fei6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-7984Yuan Wang7Tianyi Zhang8Junping Zhang9Sailing He10https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3401-1125State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaHuawei Technologies Company, Ltd, Shenzhen, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaModulating retro-reflector (MRR) free-space optical (FSO) communication technology presents a bright future for realizing the small size, weight, and power (SWaP) design of one end of the optical link, facilitating the further application of the FSO communication to the small platforms. However, the limited field-of-view (FOV) of MRR impedes its wide employment. In this article, a novel wide-FOV MRR using an image space telecentric lens is proposed and a bidirectional FSO communication system is experimentally demonstrated using this MRR with a single light source. The performance of the telecentric lens between the transceiver and terminal is assessed by simulation and also validated by experimental results, with a coupling loss less than 9.1 dB within a FOV of 110°. Both 10-Gbit/s on-off keying (OOK) downstream and upstream signals for free space communication at different incident angles are successfully realized using this designed wide-FOV MRR. The experimental results validate the proposed MRR has a FOV of up to 110° where the measured bit error rate (BER) is lower than 3.8 × 10<sup>−3</sup> for both downstream and upstream signals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest FOV ever reported for MRRs in high-speed bidirectional FSO communication systems.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10218994/Free-space optical communicationimage space telecentric lensmodulating retro-reflectorwide field-of-view |
| spellingShingle | Jiahan Tian Tingbiao Guo Nan He Ji Du Qiangsheng Huang Xiaojian Hong Chao Fei Yuan Wang Tianyi Zhang Junping Zhang Sailing He Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication IEEE Photonics Journal Free-space optical communication image space telecentric lens modulating retro-reflector wide field-of-view |
| title | Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication |
| title_full | Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication |
| title_fullStr | Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication |
| title_short | Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication |
| title_sort | wide field of view modulating retro reflector system based on a telecentric lens for high speed free space optical communication |
| topic | Free-space optical communication image space telecentric lens modulating retro-reflector wide field-of-view |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10218994/ |
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