Title :
Experimental turbulence effects on crosstalk and system power penalty over a free space optical communication link using orbital angular momentum multiplexing
Author :
Yongxiong Ren ; Hao Huang ; Guodong Xie ; Ahmed, Nova ; Yan Yan ; Erkmen, B. ; Chandrasekaran, Nivedita ; Lavery, Martin P. J. ; Steinhoff, Nicholas K. ; Tur, Moshe ; Padgett, M.J. ; Boyd, Robert ; Shapiro, Jeffrey H. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Turbulence-induced crosstalk and system penalty for an OAM-multiplexed free space optical communication link is experimentally investigated. The power penalty is found to exceed 10 dB in weak turbulence condition due to severe crosstalk.
Keywords :
atmospheric turbulence; multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical links; OAM-multiplexed free space optical communication link; experimental turbulence effect; orbital angular momentum multiplexing; severe crosstalk; system power penalty; turbulence-induced crosstalk; weak turbulence condition; Bit error rate; Crosstalk; Educational institutions; Multiplexing; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
