Performance analysis of 1-km free-space optical communication system over real atmospheric turbulence channels

Dachang Liu; Zixiong Wang; Jianguo Liu; Jun Tan; Lijuan Yu; Haiping Mei; Yusong Zhou; Ninghua Zhu

doi:10.1117/1.OE.56.10.106111

24 October 2017 Performance analysis of 1-km free-space optical communication system over real atmospheric turbulence channels

Dachang Liu, Zixiong Wang, Jianguo Liu, Jun Tan, Lijuan Yu, Haiping Mei, Yusong Zhou, Ninghua Zhu

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 56, Issue 10, 106111 (October 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.10.106111

Abstract

The performance of a free-space optical communication system is highly affected by the atmospheric turbulence in terms of scintillation. An optical communication system based on intensity-modulation direct-detection was built with 1-km transmission distance to evaluate the bit error rate (BER) performance over real atmospheric turbulence. 2.5-, 5-, and 10-Gbps data rate transmissions were carried out, where error-free transmission could be achieved during over 37% of the 2.5-Gbps transmissions and over 43% of the 5-Gbps transmissions. In the rest of the transmissions, BER deteriorated as the refractive-index structure constant increased, while the two measured items have almost the same trend.

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Dachang Liu, Zixiong Wang, Jianguo Liu, Jun Tan, Lijuan Yu, Haiping Mei, Yusong Zhou, and Ninghua Zhu "Performance analysis of 1-km free-space optical communication system over real atmospheric turbulence channels," Optical Engineering 56(10), 106111 (24 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.10.106111

Received: 19 July 2017; Accepted: 21 September 2017; Published: 24 October 2017

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