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Objectives
Design and testing of a low SWaP optical head for optical communication
Challenges
Design of a high performance optical head for low recurring cost of series production.
System Architecture
- Full metal 4 mirror telescope design followed by 4 channels (transmit, receive, acquisition, tracking)
- InGaAs camera for acquisition and a quadrant detector for high speed tracking and control of the fine steering mirror.
- Calibration function by having a second light source from the transmit fibre that can be back-reflected using a retro reflector to the tracking channel in order to correct the Tx/Rx co-alignment
Plan
Project kick-off was at 2018-09-06, final review at 2020-12-15
Current Status
Project is finished
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Companies
TNO
The Netherlands