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To assess the feasibility and performance of a self-aligning optical beam waveguide designed to compensate automatically for ground-motion-induced misalignment.

November 1, 1967IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

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JCJ.R. ChristianUnited States Department of the Army GGG. GoubauRutgers, The State University of New Jersey JMJ.W. MinkUnited States Army Research Office

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Experimental study demonstrates automatic lens alignment limits beam displacement in a one-kilometer optical waveguide, suggesting applications in resilient optical transit and geological sensing.

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To assess the feasibility and performance of a self-aligning optical beam waveguide designed to compensate automatically for ground-motion-induced misalignment.
Installed sensing devices at each lens of a 1-km experimental lens-type optical beam waveguide to detect beam displacement from the lens center.
Applied an automated sequential probing routine that repositioned the preceding lens based on displacement sensor data to minimize beam deflection.
Maximum lateral excursions of the optical beam from the ideal path remained under 1 mm across the 1-km waveguide installation.
Observed beam excursions caused no detectable increase in optical transmission loss.

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Christian et al. (1967) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f4e2026a7f98052dc0260 https://doi.org/10.1109/jqe.1967.1074386

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Experimental study demonstrates automatic lens alignment limits beam displacement in a one-kilometer optical waveguide, suggesting applications in resilient optical transit and geological sensing.

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