High-efficiency ultraviolet UAV communications using an azimuthally omnidirectional optical antenna
A high-efficiency ultraviolet (UV) optical wireless communication link is proposed and demonstrated between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) employing a novel azimuthally omnidirectional optical antenna based on an annular compound parabolic concentrator (ACPC). The receiving antenna offers a 114° field of view (FOV), covering polar angles from 10° to 124°, while achieving a maximum omnidirectional gain of 21.6 dB at a distance of 9 m. With a data transmission rate of 9.6 kbps, an outdoor transmission of live images between two in-flight UAVs successfully validates the link performance.
Authors
- Chengze Ming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0198-3241)
- Yaocheng Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4489-8310)
- Tianyan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5708-7299)
- Tongling He
- Daoxin Dai
- Yining Xu
- Shiming Gao
Publication Details
- Journal
- Optics Letters
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.589113
- Primary Topic
- Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00