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Dynamically reconfigurable characteristics of a double phase conjugate mirror using Sn2P2S6 crystals and their application to optical inter-satellite communication

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A double phase conjugate mirror (DPCM), created by two mutually incoherent beams entering photorefractive nonlinear materials, can generate a phase conjugate beam whose reflectivity may be greater than 100%. Even though the conditions of the incident beams are changed, the DPCM can be dynamically reconfigured by using a Sn2P2S6 crystal with a high response speed. These features of the DPCM are advantageous, particularly in an optical inter-satellite communication system. In particular, use of the phase conjugate beam from the DPCM offers wavefront compensation and amplification in satellite communication. In addition, the dynamically reconfigurable DPCM using a Sn2P2S6 crystal relaxes the acquisition accuracy of the signal beam in the system. In this study, the temporal and spatial operating characteristics of the DPCM using a Sn2P2S6 crystal were first clarified. Next, an inter-satellite system based on the DPCM was proposed, and it was demonstrated that our system significantly improves the tolerance of the acquisition accuracy and tracking time.

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    Kaori Nishimaki, Atsushi Okamoto, Atsushi Shibukawa & Akihisa Tomita

  2. Department of Systems Design and Informatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan

    Masanori Takabayashi

  3. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8795, Japan

    Yoshihisa Takayama

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Nishimaki, K., Okamoto, A., Shibukawa, A. et al. Dynamically reconfigurable characteristics of a double phase conjugate mirror using Sn2P2S6 crystals and their application to optical inter-satellite communication. OPT REV 21, 415–424 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-014-0065-2

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