Spatial and temporal effects of atmospheric clouds due to multiple scattering on laser communication links: a Monte Carlo simulation

M.M. Danaei Ahmadi; M. Mukunda Rao

doi:10.1117/12.345580

2 January 1998 Spatial and temporal effects of atmospheric clouds due to multiple scattering on laser communication links: a Monte Carlo simulation

M.M. Danaei Ahmadi, M. Mukunda Rao

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 3211, International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics: Selected Papers from Photonics India '96; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.345580
Event: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics: Selected Papers from Photonics India '96, 1996, Madras, India

Abstract

In earth-satellite-earth laser communication links,laser beam passes through the earth s atmosphere which occasionally contains clouds. The important distortion effects imposed by clouds in the atmosphere are temporal broadening of the signal and attenuation due to multiple scattering. Multiple scattering problem arises when light propagates through an optically thick clouds hence the photons encounter a number of scatterers before emerging from the medium. In the present work, Monte Carlo simulation is used to show the trajectory of photons (rays) in the medium and interaction between the particles and laser beam.Results show that the output beam is spread over time and space depending on the random nature of the medium.

Citation Download Citation

M.M. Danaei Ahmadi and M. Mukunda Rao "Spatial and temporal effects of atmospheric clouds due to multiple scattering on laser communication links: a Monte Carlo simulation", Proc. SPIE 3211, International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics: Selected Papers from Photonics India '96, (2 January 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.345580

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available