Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 24, 2406003(2023)

Beam Alignment for Wireless Optical Communications Using Dual-Reflector Control

Xizheng Ke1,2,3、* and Jin Zhao1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, Shaanxi, China
  • 2Shaanxi Civil-Military Integration Key Laboratory of Intelligence Collaborative Networks, Xi'an 710048, Shaanxi, China
  • 3School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, Shaanxi, China
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    Schematic diagram of a wireless optical communication system using a double reflector
    Structure of the filter carousel
    Schematic diagram of light reflected by a 2D reflector. (a) 3D coordinate; (b) 2D coordinate
    Variation of the light intensity value of the reflected beam passing through the filter module. (a) Light spot diagram at t=0.10 s; (b) light spot diagram at t=0.05 s; (c) light intensity variation with time
    Double spot maps in the alignment case. (a) Original color map; (b) grayscale map
    Double spot maps with offset. (a) Original color map; (b) grayscale map
    Flow chart of multi-spot/overlapping spot center extraction and spot control
    Overlapping double-spot images. (a) Edge-extracted grayscale map; (b) cross-section of the grayscale distribution map
    Relationship between shape factor and the degree of spot overlap
    Diagrams of overlapping light spots segmentation. (a) Segmentation results; (b) light spot center extraction results
    Double-spot grayscale images. (a) No overlap; (b) less overlap; (c) more overlap
    Split effect. (a) No overlap; (b) less overlap; (c) more overlap
    Histogram of mean standard deviation
    • Table 1. Main parameters

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      Table 1. Main parameters

      ParameterNumerical value
      Wavelength l /nm1.55×10-6
      Turbulent coherence length r00.01
      Turbulent internal scale l0 /m0.1
      Turbulent outer scale L0 /m1
      Phase screen size Lp /m0.4
      Light spot girdle w0 /m10×10-3
      Complex matrix dimension N256
      Distance from 2D reflector to receiving surface /m10
    • Table 2. Comparison results of the actual central coordinate position and the central coordinate position after segmentation by the proposed algorithm

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      Table 2. Comparison results of the actual central coordinate position and the central coordinate position after segmentation by the proposed algorithm

      Light spotIdealAfter segmentationPosition error
      Light spots in Fig. 12(a)(106.97,140.71)(108.35,139.84)(1.38,0.87)
      (139.94,107.39)(139.59,107.50)(0.35,0.11)
      Light spots in Fig. 12(b)(148.29,105.67)(149.05,103.22)(0.76,2.45)
      (124.03,118.83)(126.70,119.05)(2.67,0.22)
      Light spots in Fig. 12(c)(118.59,126.42)(118.41,126.23)(0.18,0.19)
      (140.30,141.15)(139.35,141.43)(0.95,0.28)
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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Apr. 14, 2023

    Accepted: May. 22, 2023

    Published Online: Dec. 12, 2023

    The Author Email: Ke Xizheng (xzke@263.net)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS230815

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