Title :
Adaptive wavefront aberration correction in a free-space fiber-optic system based only on the received power
Author :
Sinefeld, David ; Ella, Roy ; Zaharan, Ofer ; Valiano, Yuval ; Mach, Eliezer ; Marom, Dan M.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Dept., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
We introduce adaptive wavefront aberration compensation in a free-space communication system, using solely the fiber-coupled power metric. A custom algorithm operating a spatial light modulator is able to recover from losses as high as -30dB.
Keywords :
aberrations; adaptive optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; spatial light modulators; adaptive wavefront aberration compensation; adaptive wavefront aberration correction; fiber-coupled power metric; free-space communication system; free-space fiber-optic system; loss recovery; spatial light modulator; Adaptive optics; Adaptive systems; Collimators; Couplings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Polynomials;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
