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Thijs Moens

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2023 Open Access

Adaptive optics pre-correction demonstrator for terabit optical communication

Kristiaan Broekens, Wimar Klop, Thijs Moens, Martin Eschen, Gustavo Castro do Amaral, Fabrizio Silverstri, Aleid Oosterwijk, Martijn Visser, Niek Doelman, Lauren Kaffa, Rudolf Saathof, Ivan Ferrario

Proceedings Volume 12777, 127771R (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2689933

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Scintillation, Breadboards, Optical communications, Telecommunications, Design and modelling, Astronomical imaging, Thulium, RF communications

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For the next generation of very high throughput communication satellites, free-space optical (FSO) communication between ground stations and geostationary telecommunication satellites is a potential solution to overcome the limitations of RF links. To mitigate atmospheric turbulence effects, TNO proposes Adaptive Optics (AO) to apply uplink pre-correction. As a successor of Optics Feeder Link Adaptive Optics (OFELIA) breadboard [1], [2], the Terabit Optical Communication Adaptive Terminal (TOmCAT) project phase 2 aims to demonstrate the AO pre-correction technology for a terabit Optical Ground Station (OGT) in a ground-to-ground link field test over 10 km. Within this demonstrator an upgraded version of the OFELIA breadboard is used as optical bench for the AO (pre-)correction, but moreover the demonstrator enables the (future) integration of equipment for the final OGT configuration including the Beam Multiplexer (BMUX) and communication equipment. Apart from the OGT demonstrator, the overall layout of the field test has been upgraded, including the test site and the Ground Support Equipment (GSE), with the goal to create a better understanding of the encountered link phenomena and the instant (turbulence) conditions at which it was measured. New additions to the GSE are several weather stations placed along the link path to quantify the local turbulence and to relate the measured link performance to the instant turbulence conditions. The test campaign is split in two successive field tests: First the AO Demonstrator evaluates the upgraded AO pre-correction performance with a single non-modulated link, followed by the OGT Demonstrator which will include the multiplexing of multiple uplink channels and RF end-to-end modems to prove the technical feasibility of supporting a terabit communication link. This paper covers the design of the AO demonstrator and GSE, the field test layout and the preliminary results for the AO demonstrator field test. For the downlink correction the residual Wave Front Error (WFE) is presented. The pre-correction performance is depicted in the uplink transmission loss and scintillation, all as function of the encountered turbulence conditions.

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Proceedings Article | 11 June 2021 Open Access

QKD optical ground terminal developments

Wimar Klop, Rudolf Saathof, Niek Doelman, Michael Gruber, Thijs Moens, Clara Osorio Tamayo, Cristina Duque

Proceedings Volume 11852, 118520Y (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599217

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2019 Open Access

Adaptive optics pre-correction for optical feeder links: breadboard performance

Rudolf Saathof, Remco den Breeje, Wimar Klop, Niek Doelman, Thijs Moens, Michael Gruber, Tjeerd Russchenberg, Federico Pettazzi, Jet Human, Ramon Mata Calvo, Juraj Poliak, Ricardo Barrios, Mathias Richerzhagen, Ivan Ferrario

Proceedings Volume 11180, 111802D (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536004

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Turbulence, Scintillation, Atmospheric turbulence, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Satellite communications, Free space optics, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 25 March 2019 Paper

Pre-correction adaptive optics performance for a 10 km laser link

Proceedings Volume 10910, 109101H (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506849

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Scintillation, Free space optics, Atmospheric turbulence, Turbulence, Sensors, Free space optical communications, Satellite communications, Radio optics, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 15 February 2018 Paper

Optical feeder link program and first adaptive optics test results

Rudolf Saathof, Remco den Breeje, Wimar Klop, Stefan Kuiper, Niek Doelman, Federico Pettazzi, Amir Vosteen, Justin Wildschut, Dorus de Lange, Thijs Moens, Sandra Koster, Michael Gruber, Hans Spierdijk, Peter Kerkhof, Tjeerd Russchenberg, Niel Truyens, Will Crowcombe, Jet Human, Ramon Mata Calvo, Juraj Poliak, Ricardo Barrios, Sandro Scalise, Ivan Ferrario

Proceedings Volume 10524, 105240C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287354

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Deformable mirrors, Telecommunications, Turbulence, Wavefronts

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