Fiberbundle receiver: a new concept for high-speed and high-sensitivity tracking in optical transceivers

Christian Fuchs; Hennes Henniger; Dirk Giggenbach

doi:10.1117/12.732633

27 September 2007 Fiberbundle receiver: a new concept for high-speed and high-sensitivity tracking in optical transceivers

Christian Fuchs, Hennes Henniger, Dirk Giggenbach

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Proceedings Volume 6709, Free-Space Laser Communications VII; 67090V (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732633
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The design of optical transceivers for mobile free space optical communication systems is a sophisticated task. A typical transceiver design includes the combination of coarse- and fine-tracking-sensors, a data receiver, and a laser source for sending data. For heavily vibrating environments or for systems that have stringent requirements in terms of pointing accuracy, a fast steering mirror might be used. This results in a design with many parts. The Fiberbundle Receiver, consisting of 7 fibers in conjunction with photodiodes, can ease such an implementation process. It allows the combination of some of the mentioned components, which results in a less complicated design. Standard COTS components for fiber based WDM systems can be used for challenging tasks as e.g. wavelength splitting. Furthermore, a cost-effective and very fast tracking system can be implemented. A technology demonstrator for the application of the Fiberbundle Receiver at a wavelength of 1550 nm has been developed and will be discussed in this paper.

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Christian Fuchs, Hennes Henniger, and Dirk Giggenbach "Fiberbundle receiver: a new concept for high-speed and high-sensitivity tracking in optical transceivers", Proc. SPIE 6709, Free-Space Laser Communications VII, 67090V (27 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732633

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