Pointing Error Compensation For Inter-Satellite Communication Using Multi-Plane Light Conversion Spatial Demultiplexer

Authors: Antonin Billaud,¹  David Allioux,¹ Nicolas Laurenchet,¹ Pu Jian,¹ Olivier Pinel,¹ Guillaume Labroille¹

¹Cailabs (France)

Abstract

In this work, we study the effect of beam deviation angle at the reception side and calculate the theoretical demultiplexed collected energy for up to 15 modes, investigating the influence of the ratio between incoming beam size and fundamental HG mode’s waist. We show this approach greatly enhances the collection efficiency, tolerating tip-tilt error of more than 3 times compared to a Gaussian beam alone. We also show that, depending on wait size, a trade-off between collection efficiency at small angles and maximum acceptance angle can be achieved.