Experimental study of the performance for BPSK subcarrier intensity modulation free space optics communications in a laboratory controlled turbulence channel

Author

Gatri, A. ; Ghassemlooy, Zabih ; Valenzuela, Anthony ; Strobel, O. ; Rejeb, R. ; Leitgeb, Erich

Author_Institution

Opt. Commun. Res. Group, Northumbria Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

10-12 July 2013

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

292

Abstract

This paper reports experimental results for the performance of a free space optical (FSO) communication link employing a binary-phase-shift-keying subcarrier modulation (BPSK) scheme under the influence of the atmospheric scintillation. A dedicated experimental atmospheric simulation chamber has been built where the effects of weak turbulence regimes on the FSO link can be investigated. The experimental data obtained is compared to the theoretical prevision. The paper also presents how data transmission performance depends on the position of turbulence source within the chamber.

Keywords

atmospheric turbulence; optical communication; optical links; phase shift keying; scintillation; BPSK subcarrier modulation scheme; FSO communication link; atmospheric scintillation; atmospheric simulation chamber; binary-phase-shift-keying; data transmission performance; free space optical; turbulence source position; weak turbulence regimes; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Binary phase shift keying; Optical beams; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; BPSK; Free space optics; modulation schemes; turbulence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network and Optical Communications (NOC), 2013 18th European Conference on and Optical Cabling and Infrastructure (OC&i), 2013 8th Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5821-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NOC-OCI.2013.6582901

Filename

6582901