Research methods, the present situation and the necessity for the influence of high data rate laser communication in atmospheric turbulence are analyzed, a simulation device of high data rate laser communication in atmospheric turbulence is established, the simulation experiments programme for the impact of laser communication in the atmospheric turbulence, tested scintillation and the arrival angle fluctuation are put forward. The results show that the atmosphere turbulence simulator irradiance scintillation, the arrival angle fluctuation theory consistent with the -5/3, Scintillation and the arrival angle fluctuation are the main factor to the performance of laser communication. Provided the effective means and method for the further studying effect of high data rate laser communication in the atmospheric turbulence. At the end, development direction in the future is prospected.