Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications with Concurrent Turbulence Characterization in a Terrestrial Urban Link
Optics
2026-01-08 v1
Abstract
We present a 19-day joint measurement of optical turbulence and coherent data communications over a 4.6 km urban FSO link, providing empirical insights into turbulence effects on the performance of fiber-coupled coherent communication systems.
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@article{arxiv.2601.03772,
title = {Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications with Concurrent Turbulence Characterization in a Terrestrial Urban Link},
author = {Vincent van Vliet and Menno van den Hout and Kadir Gümüş and Eduward Tangdiongga and Chigo Okonkwo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.03772},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Accepted for presentation at Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference 2026