• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 6, 20200331 (2021)
Xinrui Xu1, Xiangxiang Meng1、2、*, Shichen Wu1, Jianlong Wang1, and Suping Bai3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shandong Institute of Aerospace Electronics Technology, Yantai 264000, China
  • 2School of Opto-Electronic Information Science and Technology, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
  • 3School of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20200331 Cite this Article
    Xinrui Xu, Xiangxiang Meng, Shichen Wu, Jianlong Wang, Suping Bai. Development of optical antenna for middle infrared laser communication terminal[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(6): 20200331 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In order to reduce the tolerance of laser communication optical system, save the development cost, and reduce the influence of atmospheric scattering on laser communication link, the middle infrared laser with its wavelength working at the atmosphere window was used as the laser communication light source, and a matching middle infrared laser communication terminal optical system was developed. Firstly, based on the energy link transmission equation of laser communication, the design parameters of the optical antenna, such as aperture and divergence angle, were calculated according to the beam parameters of the middle infrared laser and the detector sensitivity of the receiving terminal, and the wave aberration requirements of the optical transmitting and receiving system of laser communication were given. Then, the design and tolerance analysis of the optical system for the middle infrared laser communication optical antenna were carried out by ZEMAX software, and the system was processed and adjusted to complete the development of the system, and the image quality of the two optical systems was tested. The test results show that the maximum deviation of transmitting optical system MTF from the theoretical value is 9.3%, and the wavefront aberration RMS of the receiving optical system is 0.075λ (λ=4.7 μm), which meets the design requirements. The results show that the difficulty of processing and adjusting optical antenna can be reduced by using the middle infrared laser as the laser communication light source.
    Xinrui Xu, Xiangxiang Meng, Shichen Wu, Jianlong Wang, Suping Bai. Development of optical antenna for middle infrared laser communication terminal[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(6): 20200331
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