Demonstration of a high-efficiency free-space optical communications link

被引:2
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作者
Birnbaum, Kevin [1 ]
Farr, William [1 ]
Gin, Jonathan [1 ]
Moision, Bruce [1 ]
Quirk, Kevin [1 ]
Wright, Malcolm [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
关键词
Optical Communications; Pulse-Position-Modulation;
D O I
10.1117/12.809720
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
In this paper we discuss recent progress on the implementation of a hardware free-space optical communications test-bed. The test-bed implements an end-to-end communications system comprising a data encoder, modulator, laser-transmitter, telescope, detector, receiver and error-correction-code decoder. Implementation of each of the component systems is discussed, with an emphasis on 'real-world' system performance degradation and limitations. We have demonstrated real-time data rates of 44 Mbps and photon efficiencies of approximately 1.8 bits/photon over a 100m free-space optical link.
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