Transmission line switching technique based on active free-space optics system

Author

Tsujimura, Takeshi ; Muta, Shigeki ; Izumi, Kiyotaka

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Saga Univ., Saga, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

4494

Lastpage

4499

Abstract

This paper studies an active free space optics technology to realize an optical mesh network. A laser beam control system is designed, and optical axis control technique is evaluated in terms of both telecommunication and control performances. A transmission line switching technique is also proposed and experimented with a minimum configuration prototype system. Results prove that the active free space optics system can establish broadband communication at 0.5 Gbps with a bit error rate of 10^-10, and can successfully switch the transmission line within 0.01 second at least.

Keywords

adaptive optics; broadband networks; error statistics; laser beams; optical communication equipment; optical control; optical design techniques; optical links; optical switches; prototypes; active free-space optics; bit error rate; bit rate 0.5 Gbit/s; broadband communication; control performance; laser beam control system; minimum configuration prototype system; optical axis control technique; optical mesh network; telecommunication performance; transmission line switching technique; Laser beams; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Photodiodes; Receivers; bit error; control; free space optics; laser; mesh network; switching; transmission line;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vienna

ISSN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2013.6699859

Filename

6699859