Title :
Power penalty from amplified spontaneous emission in spatial diversity links
Author :
Ulmer, T.G. ; Henion, S.R. ; Walther, F.G.
Author_Institution :
MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the power penalty caused by excess amplified spontaneous emission in an optically preamplified receiver for use with a multi-wavelength spatial diversity transmitter to mitigate atmospheric fading.
Keywords :
atmospheric light propagation; diversity reception; fading; optical links; optical receivers; optical transmitters; superradiance; amplified spontaneous emission; atmospheric fading mitigation; multiwavelength spatial diversity transmitter; optically preamplified receiver; power penalty; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; (010.1300) Atmospheric propagation; (010.1330) Atmospheric turbulence; (060.2605) Free-space optical communication; (230.4480) Optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
