The feasibility of vision systems to form free-space optical links

Mohammed Eslami; Ching-Hui Chen; John Rzasa; Stuart D. Milner; Christopher C. Davis

doi:10.1117/12.2026947

25 September 2013 The feasibility of vision systems to form free-space optical links

Mohammed Eslami, Ching-Hui Chen, John Rzasa, Stuart D. Milner, Christopher C. Davis

Proceedings Volume 8874, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans II; 88740Q (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026947
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Active systems and raster scans are the most popular methods for achieving the pointing accuracy required to form an optical link. With advances in vision system technology, a potential extension to current methods of alignment is to use cameras to control coarse and/or fine pointing acquisition and tracking to establish covert optical communication links. The narrow beam width of an optical link requires very accurate pointing capabilities that are not achievable by low-resolution cameras. This paper focuses on analyzing the feasibility for a vision system to establish a covert optical link between two terminals.

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Mohammed Eslami, Ching-Hui Chen, John Rzasa, Stuart D. Milner, and Christopher C. Davis "The feasibility of vision systems to form free-space optical links", Proc. SPIE 8874, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans II, 88740Q (25 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026947

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