Title :
Comparison of terahertz versus infrared free-space communications under identical weather conditions
Author :
Federici, J.F. ; Ma, Jiaxin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
While both IR and THz/mmW wireless communications share some attributes such as line-of-sight signaling, their behaviors in response to various weather phenomena such as rain, fog, dust, and air turbulence can be quite different. The performance of mmW/THz and infrared free-space communication links are compared under the same weather conditions.
Keywords :
dust; fog; optical communication; rain; space communication links; turbulence; air turbulence; dust; fog; identical weather conditions; infrared free-space communication links; infrared wireless communications; line-of-sight signaling; millimetre wave free-space communication links; millimetre wave wireless communications; rain; terahertz free-space communication links; terahertz wireless communications; weather phenomena; Atmospheric measurements; Attenuation; Detectors; Fluctuations; Rain; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6955990
