Modeling The Atmosphere As An Unguided Optical Communications Channel

Raymond M Nuber

doi:10.1117/12.951294

11 July 1989 Modeling The Atmosphere As An Unguided Optical Communications Channel

Raymond M Nuber

Proceedings Volume 1044, Optomechanical Design of Laser Transmitters and Receivers; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951294
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Due to the increasing number of applications for optical communications, methods such as computer simulation are needed for the performance analysis of these systems. The objective of this paper is to propose a system level model for simulating the Earth's atmosphere as an unguided optical communications channel. The major degradations in received optical intensity introduced by the atmosphere are scintillation, beam spreading, beam wander, and atmospheric transmissivity. The model presented here considers scintillation and beam wander to impose random fading in the received signal while beam spreading is a constant loss in intensity. Atmospheric transmissivity is treated as a filter-like channel transfer function. Relationships for the parameters of the model are given in terms of parameters which characterize the optical link. Also included is a description of an implementation of the model.

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Raymond M Nuber "Modeling The Atmosphere As An Unguided Optical Communications Channel", Proc. SPIE 1044, Optomechanical Design of Laser Transmitters and Receivers, (11 July 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951294

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