• DocumentCode
    399865
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    89
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251614
  • Filename
    1251614