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A flexible cross-talk simulator for multiple spatial-mode free-space optical communication
Author(s): Jeffrey H. Shapiro
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Paper Abstract

Laser communication with both high photon information efficiency (many bits/detected-photon) and high spectral efficiency (many bits/sec-Hz) is impossible with a single spatial-mode free-space link. Achieving these high efficiencies in the same system requires operation with 10's to 1000's of high-transmissivity spatial modes. Such systems will likely be restricted to 1 to 10 km line-of-sight terrestrial paths on which turbulence-induced cross talk will be encountered. In this paper we propose a cross-talk simulator for multiple spatial-mode free-space optical communication that could provide valuable information about the relevant merits of different mode sets when they are employed in conjunction with real modal multiplexers and demultiplexers.

Paper Details

Date Published: 7 October 2014
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 9224, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans III, 922408 (7 October 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2063520
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Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9224:
Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans III
Alexander M. J. van Eijk; Christopher C. Davis; Stephen M. Hammel, Editor(s)

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