Performance of a multiple-aperture optical system

Aniceto Mounta Belmonte; Adolfo Comeron; Javier Bara; Juan Antonio Rubio; Estela Fernandez; Pedro Menendez-Valdes

doi:10.1117/12.238423

22 April 1996 Performance of a multiple-aperture optical system

Aniceto Mounta Belmonte, Adolfo Comeron, Javier Bara, Juan Antonio Rubio, Estela Fernandez, Pedro Menendez-Valdes

Proceedings Volume 2699, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies VIII; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238423
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Atmospheric turbulence causes intensity and phase disturbances on the wavefront of electromagnetic waves propagation through it that can seriously degrade the reliability of free- space optical communication links. This paper deals with the estimation of the statistics for power fades resulting from the combined effects of distortion of the receiving system instantaneous point-spread function and from the fluctuations of the collected power arising from wavefront intensity fluctuations. Fractal techniques are employed to simulate the turbulence-induced point-spread function distortions, while a log-normal model is assumed for the collected-power fluctuations. The reduction in the cumulative probability of losses due to these two effects through spatial diversity using a multiaperture receiver configuration is assessed.

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Aniceto Mounta Belmonte, Adolfo Comeron, Javier Bara, Juan Antonio Rubio, Estela Fernandez, and Pedro Menendez-Valdes "Performance of a multiple-aperture optical system", Proc. SPIE 2699, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies VIII, (22 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238423

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