Impact of turbulence on multi-wavelength coherent optical communications

Kamran Kiasaleh

doi:10.1117/12.609595

12 September 2005 Impact of turbulence on multi-wavelength coherent optical communications

Kamran Kiasaleh

Proceedings Volume 5892, Free-Space Laser Communications V; 58920R (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.609595
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we present the impact of optical turbulence on the performance of coherent optical communications which employs multi-wavelength plane wave optical radiation. Performance is assessed in terms of the achievable signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio as a function of the receiver aperture size. It is demonstrated that the use of multi-wavelength radiation improves the effective SNR. Furthermore, it is shown that the onset of SNR saturation fue to an increase in the aperture size is impacted by the use of multi-wavelength radiation.

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Kamran Kiasaleh "Impact of turbulence on multi-wavelength coherent optical communications", Proc. SPIE 5892, Free-Space Laser Communications V, 58920R (12 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.609595

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