Title :
Communication techniques to mitigate atmospheric turbulence in free-space optical links
Author :
Zhu, Xiaoming ; Kahn, Joseph M.
Author_Institution :
QUALCOMM Inc., Campbell, CA, USA
Abstract :
We describe several spatial- and temporal-domain detection techniques to mitigate turbulence-induced intensity fluctuations in free-space optical links. We experimentally demonstrate the effectiveness of two temporal-domain techniques.
Keywords :
atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric turbulence; optical communication; optical links; optical signal detection; atmospheric turbulence; communication techniques; free-space optical links; spatial-domain detection; temporal-domain detection; turbulence-induced intensity fluctuations; Apertures; Atmosphere; Fluctuations; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251614
