Optical communications in atmospheric turbulence

Larry B. Stotts; Brian Stadler; David Hughes; Paul Kolodzy; Alan Pike; David W. Young; Joseph Sluz; Juan Juarez; Buzz Graves; Dave Dougherty; Jeff Douglass; Todd Martin

doi:10.1117/12.831231

21 August 2009 Optical communications in atmospheric turbulence

Larry B. Stotts, Brian Stadler, David Hughes, Paul Kolodzy, Alan Pike, David W. Young, Joseph Sluz, Juan Juarez, Buzz Graves, Dave Dougherty, Jeff Douglass, Todd Martin

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Proceedings Volume 7464, Free-Space Laser Communications IX; 746403 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.831231
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Recent experiments conducted under the Optical RF Communications Adjunct program demonstrate and validate the viability of hybrid free space optical communications links in heavy atmospheric turbulence. Long range air-to-mountain link closures were established under extreme atmospheric turbulence. The system implemented adaptive mechanisms such as adaptive optics, an optical automatic gain controller, forward error correction coding, and link-level retransmission to achieve low packet error rates for long distance links with heavy turbulence. The system, experiments, and results are presented and comparisons are made to statistical prediction models.

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Larry B. Stotts, Brian Stadler, David Hughes, Paul Kolodzy, Alan Pike, David W. Young, Joseph Sluz, Juan Juarez, Buzz Graves, Dave Dougherty, Jeff Douglass, and Todd Martin "Optical communications in atmospheric turbulence", Proc. SPIE 7464, Free-Space Laser Communications IX, 746403 (21 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.831231

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