Improving transmission efficiency of Cassegrain antenna

Central energy loss is a critical factor decreasing the transmission efficiency of a Cassegrain antenna. In this paper, a pair of conic lenses are designed and set in front of a Cassegrain antenna to improve the transmission efficiency of the antenna instead of designing a complicated antenna structure. On the basis of the analysis, the optimized conic lens pair can theoretically improve the transmission efficiency up to 100% at a wavelength of 1550 nm under ideal conditions. After several practical factors are considered, such as the dispersion of the material, the transmissivity and chamfering of the conic lens, and the reflectivity of the mirrors composing the Cassegrain antenna, the conic lens pair can still increase the transmission efficiency of the Cassegrain antenna up to 92.37% at a wavelength of 1550 nm. Compared with designing a complicated antenna, the method proposed here provides a more practical approach to improve the transmission efficiency of a Cassegrain antenna.

Structure design of a conic lens pair for improving the transmission efficiency of a Cassegrain antenna

On-axial defocused characteristic analysis for Cassegrain antenna in optical communication

Shaping and transmitting elliptical beam from laser diode by off-axis quadric reflective mirrors

A novel antenna with ellipsoid-paraboloid surfaces configuration is designed for matching the incident radial radiation fiber laser distribution for maximum transmission efficiency. The on-axial and off-axial defocus effects on the optical antenna system, resulting in energy loss, are analyzed in detail. Knowledge of the effects of those defocuses on beam divergence, aberration and antenna transmission efficiency is of great importance to the long range communication systems.

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Xinyang Wang

Papers

Theoretical analysis and test for off-axis Cassegrain optical antenna