Decentralized adaptive control for laser beam tracking systems

Vladimir V. Nikulin; Mounir Bouzoubaa; Victor A. Skormin; Timothy E. Busch

doi:10.1117/12.430782

20 June 2001 Decentralized adaptive control for laser beam tracking systems

Vladimir V. Nikulin, Mounir Bouzoubaa, Victor A. Skormin, Timothy E. Busch

Proceedings Volume 4272, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.430782
Event: Photonics West 2001 - LASE, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A successful controller design is crucial for establishing and maintaining an optical link between free-space communication stations engaged in a laser communication session. This task is quite difficult due to nonlinear behavior, cross-coupled dynamics, and time-varying characteristics of all known beam steering technologies. A novel adaptive control technique utilizing Lyapunov function to ensure global asymptotic stability of the system, thus resulting in a highly robust system performance, is developed. The technique applied to a piezo-electric mirror setup results in a highly efficient controller design that does not require prior knowledge of system dynamics, while providing independent access to azimuth and elevation positions of the laser beam. The paper presents the basic algorithm and demonstrates the results of its application.

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Vladimir V. Nikulin, Mounir Bouzoubaa, Victor A. Skormin, and Timothy E. Busch "Decentralized adaptive control for laser beam tracking systems", Proc. SPIE 4272, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIII, (20 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.430782

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