Demonstration of High Data Rate Wavelength Division Multiplexed Transmission over a 150 km Free Space Optical Link

Author

Young, David W. ; Sluz, Joseph E. ; Juarez, Juan C. ; Airola, Marc B. ; Sova, Raymond M. ; Hurt, Harry ; Northcott, Malcolm ; Phillips, John ; McClaren, Andy ; Driver, Don ; Abelson, David ; Foshee, James

Author_Institution

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723

fYear

2007

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A 150 km free-space optical (FSO) communication link between Maui (Haleakala) and Hawaii (Mauna Loa) was demonstrated by JHU/APL and AOptix Technologies, Inc. in September 2006. Over a 5 day period, multiple configurations including single channel 2.5 Gbps transmission, single channel 10 Gbps, and four wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) 10 Gbps channels for an aggregate data rate of40 Gbps were demonstrated. Links at data rates from 10 to 40 Gb/s were run in excess of 3 contiguous hours. Data on the received power, frame synchronization losses, and bit error rate were recorded.

Keywords

Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Laser beams; Optical coupling; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical recording; Optical scattering; Wavelength division multiplexing; BER; Free-space optical communication; single mode fiber coupling; turbulence compensation; wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2007. MILCOM 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1513-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1513-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2007.4454950

Filename

4454950