Free Space Optical Communication (System Design, Modeling, Characterization and Dealing with Turbulence) || 4. Mitigation of beam wandering due to atmospheric turbulence and prediction of control quality using intelligent decision making tools

摘要： In a Free Space Optical Link (FSOL), atmospheric turbulence causes fluctuations in both intensity and phase of the received beam and impairs link performance. Beam motion is one of the main causes for major power loss. This chapter presents an investigation of the performance of two types of controller designed for aiming a laser beam at a particular spot under dynamic disturbances. Multiple experiment observability nonlinear input-output data mapping is used as the principal component for the controllers’ design. The first design is based on the Taguchi method while the second is the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) method. These controllers process the beam location information from a static linear map of a 2D plane: Optoelectronic Position Detector (OPD) as observer, and then generate the necessary outputs to steer the beam with a micro-electromechanical mirror: Fast Steering Mirror (FSM). The beam centroid is computed using a Mono-Pulse Algorithm (MPA). Evidence of suitability and effectiveness of the proposed controllers are comprehensively assessed and quantitatively measured in terms of coefficients of correlation, correction speed, control exactness, centroid displacement and stability of the receiver signal through the experimental results from the FSO link setup established for the horizontal range of 0.5 km at an altitude of 15.25 m. The test field type is open flat terrain, grass and a few isolated obstacles.