Bulk optical turbulence mitigation using dynamic multiple plane light conversion

Rakan Alsaigh; Nicolas Fontaine; Martin P. J. Lavery

doi:10.1117/12.2668730

17 March 2023 Bulk optical turbulence mitigation using dynamic multiple plane light conversion

Rakan Alsaigh, Nicolas Fontaine, Martin P. J. Lavery

Proceedings Volume PC12436, Complex Light and Optical Forces XVII; PC124360H (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2668730
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Free-space propagating optical modes are acutely affected by aberrations such as those caused by atmospheric turbulence. These optical distortions are due to variations in optical density that arise from changes in temperature and pressure along an optical path. These distortions don’t only change in time, but along the entire optical path. Such aberrations results in bulk optical turbulence that cannot be readily corrected using single plane optical correction. We present an approach, using a 7 plane multiple light converter that can correct optical aberrations arising from 1km optical paths with up to a D/r0=20 and with less than -9dB combined crosstalk for 11 spatial modes.

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Rakan Alsaigh, Nicolas Fontaine, and Martin P. J. Lavery "Bulk optical turbulence mitigation using dynamic multiple plane light conversion", Proc. SPIE PC12436, Complex Light and Optical Forces XVII, PC124360H (17 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2668730

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