Optical Communication Technology, Volume. 49, Issue 4, 72(2025)

Lightweight quantum laser communication tracking system

YU Shuaibei, CAO Yanbo, XU Caiqian, WANG Fang, and SUN Jingxu
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  • Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan Guangdong 528200, China
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    To improve the tracking accuracy of free-space satellite quantum laser communication ground terminals and achieve a lightweight design, a lightweight quantum laser communication tracking system based on dual-detector compound-axis tracking technology is designed. The system adopts a T-shaped aluminum alloy tracking frame and a silicon carbide primary mirror structure, combined with a coarse-fine tracking hierarchical control strategy. Residual errors are compensated by a piezoelectric fast steering mirror, and an intelligent parameter-tuning proportional-integral-derivative(PID)control algorithm is introduced to optimize parameters. Experimental results show that during the satellite-to-ground field test, the standard deviation of coarse tracking accuracy is 4 arcsec(azimuth axis)and 6.3 arcsec(elevation axis). After fine tracking closed-loop correction, the composite error standard deviation is reduced to 1.4 arcsec(azimuth axis)and 1.2 arcsec(elevation axis). Meanwhile, the system weight is reduced by 50% compared with traditional designs.

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    YU Shuaibei, CAO Yanbo, XU Caiqian, WANG Fang, SUN Jingxu. Lightweight quantum laser communication tracking system[J]. Optical Communication Technology, 2025, 49(4): 72

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    Received: Sep. 20, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 15, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

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    DOI:10.13921/j.cnki.issn1002-5561.2025.04.013

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