Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication

Jiahan Tian; Tingbiao Guo; Nan He; Ji Du; Qiangsheng Huang; Xiaojian Hong; Chao Fei; Yuan Wang; Tianyi Zhang; Junping Zhang; Sailing He

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3305512

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2023)

Wide-Field-of-View Modulating Retro-Reflector System Based on a Telecentric Lens for High-Speed Free-Space Optical Communication

Jiahan Tian,
Tingbiao Guo,
Nan He,
Ji Du,
Qiangsheng Huang,
Xiaojian Hong,
Chao Fei,
Yuan Wang,
Tianyi Zhang,
Junping Zhang,
Sailing He

Affiliations

Jiahan Tian: ORCiD; State 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, China
Tingbiao Guo: State 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, China
Nan He: State 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, China
Ji Du: State 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, China
Qiangsheng Huang: State 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, China
Xiaojian Hong: ORCiD; State 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, China
Chao Fei: ORCiD; State 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, China
Yuan Wang: State 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, China
Tianyi Zhang: State 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, China
Junping Zhang: Huawei Technologies Company, Ltd, Shenzhen, China
Sailing He: ORCiD; State 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, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3305512
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 5
pp. 1 – 8

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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 × 10−3 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.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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