SCALPEL: a long range free-space optical communication system with adaptive optics in the MIR bandwidth

A. Montmerle Bonnefois; R. Biérent; M. Raybaut; A. Godard; S. Derelle; A. Durécu; V. Michau; M. Lefebvre; N. Védrenne; M.-T. Velluet

doi:10.1117/12.865022

13 October 2010 SCALPEL: a long range free-space optical communication system with adaptive optics in the MIR bandwidth

A. Montmerle Bonnefois, R. Biérent, M. Raybaut, A. Godard, S. Derelle, A. Durécu, V. Michau, M. Lefebvre, N. Védrenne, M.-T. Velluet

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Proceedings Volume 7828, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII; 78280L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865022
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

Free-space optical (FSO) communication systems have currently a restricted range, because of atmospheric effects which reduce their application range. The goal of the SCALPEL project is to study the feasibility of long range FSO systems (goal: 20 km), i.e. to estimate how dedicated devices could enhance the range of FSO communication systems, for example by changing the link's wavelength for a better atmospheric transmission and weaker turbulence effects, and/or by using an innovative adaptive optics device to compensate, at least partially, turbulence perturbations. In this paper, we study how the atmosphere constrains the system design in terms of transmission and turbulence. We show that the system cannot work unless it has a full-wave adaptive optics correction, and that a wavelength around 4 μm presents several advantages toward the usual wavelength, i.e. 1.55 μm. A first design of the system is then presented, including the source and the sensor.

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A. Montmerle Bonnefois, R. Biérent, M. Raybaut, A. Godard, S. Derelle, A. Durécu, V. Michau, M. Lefebvre, N. Védrenne, and M.-T. Velluet "SCALPEL: a long range free-space optical communication system with adaptive optics in the MIR bandwidth", Proc. SPIE 7828, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII, 78280L (13 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865022

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