Turbulence Characterization of a Free Space Optical Communication Link for High Performance Adaptive Optics Control

Joana S Torres (1) , Andrew P Reeves (1) , Caroline Kulcsár (2) , Henri-François Raynaud (2) , Ramon Mata Calvo (1) , Helawae Friew Kelemu (1)

1 DLR Forschungsgruppe Komplexe Plasmen
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Imagerie et Information

Optimal control has been shown to improve astronomical adaptive optics, and is considered in free space optical communication, where signal stability is crucial. Disturbance behavior is characterized, turbulence models are defined and simulations are performed.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Optique / photonique

Joana S Torres, Andrew P Reeves, Caroline Kulcsár, Henri-François Raynaud, Ramon Mata Calvo, et al.. Turbulence Characterization of a Free Space Optical Communication Link for High Performance Adaptive Optics Control. Adaptive Optics and Applications, Imaging and Applied Optics Congress, Jul 2022, Vancouver, Canada. pp.OF2B.2, ⟨10.1364/AOA.2022.OF2B.2⟩. ⟨hal-04545753⟩