Title :
Terahertz performance in atmospheric turbulence
Author :
Ma, Jiaxin ; Moeller, L. ; Federici, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Terahertz (THz) free space signaling through experimental controlled atmospheric turbulence is reported. A THz link at 625 GHz carrier frequency with a maximum data rate of 2.5 Gb/s has been developed. Power attenuation and bit error rate (BER) performance caused by air turbulence are presented and compared with an infrared (IR) link at 1550nm wavelength. Numerical simulation of THz attenuation under different turbulence conditions are shown and compared with experimental data.
Keywords :
atmospheric turbulence; error statistics; numerical analysis; optical links; BER; THz attenuation; THz link; air turbulence; bit error rate; controlled atmospheric turbulence; frequency 625 GHz; numerical simulation; power attenuation; terahertz free space signaling; terahertz performance; wavelength 1550 nm; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Atmospheric waves; Attenuation; Bit error rate; Interference; Laser beams;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956023
