Measurements of aperture averaging on bit-error-rate

Gary L. Bastin; Larry C. Andrews; Ronald L. Phillips; Richard A. Nelson; Bobby A. Ferrell; Michael R. Borbath; Darren J. Galus; Peter G. Chin; William G. Harris; Jose A. Marin; Geoffrey L. Burdge; David Wayne; Robert Pescatore

doi:10.1117/12.619459

18 August 2005 Measurements of aperture averaging on bit-error-rate

Gary L. Bastin, Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips, Richard A. Nelson, Bobby A. Ferrell, Michael R. Borbath, Darren J. Galus, Peter G. Chin, William G. Harris, Jose A. Marin, Geoffrey L. Burdge, David Wayne, Robert Pescatore

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Proceedings Volume 5891, Atmospheric Optical Modeling, Measurement, and Simulation; 589102 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619459
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We report on measurements made at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) runway at Kennedy Space Center of receiver aperture averaging effects on a propagating optical Gaussian beam wave over a propagation path of 1,000 m. A commercially available instrument with both transmit and receive apertures was used to transmit a modulated laser beam operating at 1550 nm through a transmit aperture of 2.54 cm. An identical model of the same instrument was used as a receiver with a single aperture that was varied in size up to 20 cm to measure the effect of receiver aperture averaging on Bit Error Rate. Simultaneous measurements were also made with a scintillometer instrument and local weather station instruments to characterize atmospheric conditions along the propagation path during the experiments.

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Gary L. Bastin, Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips, Richard A. Nelson, Bobby A. Ferrell, Michael R. Borbath, Darren J. Galus, Peter G. Chin, William G. Harris, Jose A. Marin, Geoffrey L. Burdge, David Wayne, and Robert Pescatore "Measurements of aperture averaging on bit-error-rate", Proc. SPIE 5891, Atmospheric Optical Modeling, Measurement, and Simulation, 589102 (18 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619459

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