Mr Ollie Farley o.j.d.farley@durham.ac.uk
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Mr Ollie Farley o.j.d.farley@durham.ac.uk
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Mr Matthew Townson matthew.townson@durham.ac.uk
Academic Visitor
Dr James Osborn james.osborn@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Free space optical links between the ground and space may be severely degraded by atmospheric turbulence. Adaptive Optics, a technique allowing partial correction of this degradation, is beginning to see use in the field with the potential to achieve more robust and higher bandwidth links. Here we present a simulation tool, FAST, which utilises an analytical Fourier domain Adaptive Optics model developed for astronomy. Using the reciprocity principle, the simulation may be applied either to downlink post-compensated or uplink pre-compensated beams. We show that FAST gives similar results to full end-to-end simulations with wave-optical propagation whilst being between 10 and 200 times faster, enabling the characterisation of optical links with complex Adaptive Optics systems in timely fashion.
Farley, O., Townson, M., & Osborn, J. (2022). FAST: Fourier domain adaptive optics simulation tool for bidirectional ground-space optical links through atmospheric turbulence. Optics Express, 30(13), 23050-23064. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.458659
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 27, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 9, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022 |
Deposit Date | Jul 12, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 19, 2022 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Publisher | Optica |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 30 |
Issue | 13 |
Pages | 23050-23064 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.458659 |
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