This paper proposes a rotation-locking alignment scheme and system based on a Gaussian beam addressing the relative displacement between the receiver and the spot center during the fine tracking phase of spaceborne laser communication APT technology caused by platform vibration, temperature variations and other factors. By rotational scanning fitting, the offset angle and offset distance of the receiver relative to the spot center can be derived and achieve high-precision adaptive tracking. The simulated result demonstrates that the fitting distance error of this scheme is less than 1%, and the fitting angle error is less than π/32. At the same time, the system prototype is developed to conduct ground-based validation experiments, including the static test and outdoor link establishment test. The system prototype features simpler structure, lower computational complexity, and easier integration, satisfying the miniaturization and lightweight design requirements for spaceborne laser communication terminals. The test results verify the system can successfully establish stable laser communication links rapidly.
This paper proposes a free-space time–frequency phase (TFP)-synchronization transmission architecture based on optoelectronic hybrid technology, addressing the high-precision TFP synchronization and high-speed communication requirements between mobile platforms in distributed collaborative positioning and other applications. The proposed scheme utilizes symmetric free-space optical (FSO) links to effectively suppress drift errors, integrating the high bandwidth of optical links and the high stability of microwave links, enabling one-to-many networking synchronization between mobile platforms. The system adopts optical wireless transmission technology based on pseudo-code regenerative ranging, integrating 1.5 Gbps high-speed data transmission with high-precision TFP-synchronization functionality. An experimental system consisting of a main station and two auxiliary stations was established in an outdoor mobile platform scenario. Experimental results show that while achieving high-speed communication, the frequency synchronization precision is 0.0131 ppb, frequency stability is in the order of 10−10@1 s, and phase synchronization precision is approximately 3.56°. The system achieves time synchronization precision at the picosecond level. The proposed technology is highly suitable for high-precision synchronization communication in scenarios lacking fiber-optic infrastructure, effectively fulfilling rigorous requirements in mobile platform applications such as distributed collaborative positioning.