Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 52, Issue 8, 80601(2015)
Influence Research of Atmospheric Turbulence on Space Coherent Optical Communications
The efficiency of optical heterodyne detection is not only related to the atmospheric turbulence, but also related to the optical field distribution of the signal light and the local optical on the detector photosensitive surface. The influences of the atmospheric turbulence on that are studied when the signal light and the local optical field distributions are not the same, the change of the heterodyne efficiency along with the radius is disscussed. The conclusion shows that when signal and local optical field are Airy+Gauss model, the influence of turbulence on the heterodyne efficiency is minimum, and will not change along with the detector radius after the efficiency is maximum. The influence of the turbulence is biggest under the Airy+Plane wave model, even under the weak turbulence, the heterodyne efficiency falls very quickly, and the maximum value of the drop rate is 95.13%.
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Kong Yingxiu, Ke Xizheng, Yang Yuan. Influence Research of Atmospheric Turbulence on Space Coherent Optical Communications[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2015, 52(8): 80601
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: Mar. 1, 2015
Accepted: --
Published Online: Jul. 23, 2015
The Author Email: Yingxiu Kong (403662045@qq.com)