Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 1, 20220219(2023)

Investigation of the effect of narrow linewidth lasers on performance of coherent communication systems under atmosphere channels

Wanwang Fu1, You Guo1, Yuexing Zhang1, Jisun Chen1, Yijun Jiang2, and Mi Li1
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2Shanghai Radio Equipment Research Institute, Shanghai 200082, China
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    Configuration of the space downlink coherent laser communication system under atmosphere turbulence
    (a) BER of space downlink coherent laser communication systems with narrow linewidth without the effect of atmosphere turbulence; (b) BER under the effect of fluctuations in optical signal intensity caused by atmosphere turbulence; (c) BER under the effect of fluctuations in optical signal phase caused by atmosphere turbulence; (d) BER under the effect of fluctuations in optical signal intensity and phase caused by atmosphere turbulence
    (a) Ratio of intensity noise to laser phase noise in a space downlink coherent laser communication system without the effect of atmosphere turbulence; (b) The ratio of intensity noise under the effect of atmosphere turbulence to phase noise caused by atmosphere turbulence; (c) Ratio of intensity noise under the effect of atmospheric turbulence to laser phase noise; (d) Ratio of noise under the effect of atmosphere turbulence to the phase noise of the laser
    (a) BER of a space downlink coherent laser communication system at a communication rate of 100 Mbps; (b) At a communication rate of 1 Gbps; (c) At a communication rate of 2.5 Gbps ; (d) At a communication rate of 10 Gbps
    • Table 1. Parameters of space downlink coherent laser communication system

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      Table 1. Parameters of space downlink coherent laser communication system

      ParameterValue
      Power of the transmitter laser LD1/mW10
      EDFA gain coefficient at the transmitter/dB22
      Loss coefficient αloss1
      Height of transmitting terminal H/km 36000
      Height of receiving terminal h0/m 100
      Central wavelength λ/nm 1550
      Temperature T/K 300
      Load resistance RL50
      Dark current idc(t)/nA 10
      Communication rate/Gbps2.5
      Beam angle/rad0
      Beam divergence angle/μrad30
      Receiving aperture/m0.1
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    Wanwang Fu, You Guo, Yuexing Zhang, Jisun Chen, Yijun Jiang, Mi Li. Investigation of the effect of narrow linewidth lasers on performance of coherent communication systems under atmosphere channels[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(1): 20220219

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical communication and sensing

    Received: Apr. 15, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 9, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220219

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