Title :
Experimental evidence for negative exponential distribution of intensity in a ground-to-satellite optical link
Author :
Yenice, Y.E. ; Evans, B.G. ; Aruga, T.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Syst. Res., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
fDate :
7/23/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experimental evidence for a negative exponential distribution of intensity in a ground-to-satellite optical link is presented. The asymptotic limit for the normalised variance of intensity is unity, but both theoretical and experimental results show that this limit is approached very slowly. It is apparent that too large a beam size can have deleterious effects on fading performance
Keywords :
fading; optical links; satellite links; asymptotic limit; beam size; fading performance; ground-to-satellite optical link; intensity; negative exponential distribution;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981014
