128 Gbit/s Free-Space Laser Transmission Performance in a Simulated Atmosphere Channel With Adjusted Turbulence

A 128 Gbit/s free-space laser link demonstration has been presented. We use a simulated atmosphere system with a tunable 1 km equivalent weak turbulence channel. Eye diagrams and constellation diagrams were observed. Bit error rate curves of back to back transmission and that in a simulated atmosphe...

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Main Authors: Xianzhu Liu, Tianshu Wang, Xinmeng Zhang, Junda Chen, Peng Lin, Haifeng Yao, Juntong Zhan, Qiang Fu, Jinhua Yang, Huilin Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8316966/
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Summary:A 128 Gbit/s free-space laser link demonstration has been presented. We use a simulated atmosphere system with a tunable 1 km equivalent weak turbulence channel. Eye diagrams and constellation diagrams were observed. Bit error rate curves of back to back transmission and that in a simulated atmospheric channel are measured. The results show that the receiving sensitivities can be better than -37.3 dBm at the rate of 128 Gbit/s in a turbulence channel. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time that the transmission performance of high speed space laser in a tunable atmospheric channel is studied.
ISSN:1943-0655