Suppression of Intensity Fluctuations in Free Space High-Speed Optical Communication Based on Spectral Encoding of a Partially Coherent Beam
Optics
2009-11-13 v2 Other Condensed Matter
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
A new concept of a free-space, high-speed (Gbps) optical communication system based on spectral encoding of radiation from a broadband pulsed laser is developed. It is shown that, in combination with the use of partially coherent laser beams and a relatively slow photosensor, scintillations can be suppressed by orders of magnitude for distances of more than 10 km. We also consider the spectral encoding of radiation from a LED as a gigabit rate solution of the "last mile" problem and rapid-deployment systems for disaster recovery.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0702038,
title = {Suppression of Intensity Fluctuations in Free Space High-Speed Optical Communication Based on Spectral Encoding of a Partially Coherent Beam},
author = {Gennady P. Berman and Alan R. Bishop and Boris M. Chernobrod and Dinh C. Nguyen and Vyacheslav N. Gorshkov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0702038},
year = {2009}
}
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16 pages, 2 figures