Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 3, 301003(2021)

Performance of Satellite-to-Ground Laser Communications Under the Influence of Atmospheric Turbulence and Platform Micro-Vibration

Sun Jing*, Huang Puming, and Yao Zhoushi
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  • Xi''an Institute of Space Radio Technology, Xi''an , Shaanxi 710100, China
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    Schematic diagram of the receiver system
    Variation curve of the BER with the zenith angle
    Variation curve of the BER with the transmitting optical antenna aperture
    Variation curve of the BER with the receiving optical antenna aperture
    Variation curve of BER with normalized pointing error variance
    • Table 1. Simulation parameters of the satellite-to-ground downlink

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      Table 1. Simulation parameters of the satellite-to-ground downlink

      Parameter descriptionSymbolValue
      Laser wavelength/nmλ1550
      Altitude of the satellite/kmH38000
      Transmitter aperture diameter/cmDT20
      Beam divergenceθdiv4λ/πDT
      Transmit power/dBmPT20
      Altitude of the optical ground station/kmh00
      Noise equivalent bandwidth of the photodetector/GHzΔf2
      Mode field radius at the fiber end face/μmWm5 
      Equivalent focal length of the receiver system/mf3
      Photodetector responsivity/(A·W-1)Rd1 
      Wind velocity/(m·s-1)w21
      Refractive index parameter/m-2/3B01.7×10-14
      Zenith angle/radζ0-π/2 
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    Sun Jing, Huang Puming, Yao Zhoushi. Performance of Satellite-to-Ground Laser Communications Under the Influence of Atmospheric Turbulence and Platform Micro-Vibration[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(3): 301003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

    Received: May. 9, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 12, 2021

    The Author Email: Jing Sun (sjtiandi@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.0301003

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