8 x 10-Gb/s terrestrial optical free-space transmission over 3.4 km using an optical repeater

Author

Jeong, Moon-Cheol ; Lee, Jong-Seob ; Kim, Sang-Yuep ; Namgung, Seong-Won ; Lee, Jae-Hoon ; Cho, Min-Young ; Huh, Suk-Woo ; Ahn, Yong-Sang ; Cho, Jin-Woo ; Lee, Jae-Seung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Kwangwoon Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2003

Firstpage

171

Lastpage

173

Abstract

We propose using optical repeaters in optical free-space communication systems to increase the transmission-length stably. We demonstrate an 8 /spl times/ 10-Gb/s terrestrial optical free-space transmission over 3.4 km using an optical repeater at the halfway. The optical repeater not only amplifies the signal channels but also prevents the accumulation of the detrimental scintillation noise during the propagation.

Keywords

error statistics; optical communication; optical fibre amplifiers; optical links; optical noise; optical repeaters; 10 Gbit/s; 3.4 km; 8 /spl times/ 10-Gb/s terrestrial optical free-space transmission; 80 Gbit/s; BER variations; EDFA; detrimental scintillation noise prevention; optical repeater; received eye diagram; signal channel amplification; transmission-length increase; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.805768

Filename

1159099