The Effectiveness Of Data Codes And Hardware Selection To Mitigate Scintillation Effects On Free Space Optical Data Transmission

The design of an optical communication link must plan for the random effects of atmospheric turbulence. This study analyses data from an experiment which transmitted from a laser located 8 meters above ground over a 13 Km range to coherent detection devices approximately 162 meters above ground. The effects of a fading and surging beam wave were considered in regards to code techniques for error correction, amplitude modulation and hardware architecture schemes. This study simulated the use of arrays and large apertures for the receiving devices, and compared the resultant scintillation index with the theoretical calculations.

Author dc:creator

• Stein, Keith

Contributors dc:contributor

• Phillips, Ronald

• optical scintillation
• optical communications
• fade
• surge
• aperture averaging
• aperture arrays
• bit error rate
• amplitude modulation
• binary union decoding
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics
• Engineering

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

CFE0001204

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-1751