Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2009, 2 (3): 312, 网络出版: 2012-10-08  

Effects of light propagation in middle intensity atmospheric turbulence

Effects of light propagation in middle intensity atmospheric turbulence
作者单位
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
摘要
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to present an experimental study of the effects of light propagation through atmospheric turbulence. Free space optical communication is a line-of-sight technology that transmits a modulated beam of visible light through the atmosphere for broadband communication. The fundamental limitations of free space optical communications arise from the environment through which it propagates. However these systems are vulnerable to atmospheric turbulence, such as attenuation and scintillation. Scintillation is due to the air index variation under the temperature effects. These factors cause an attenuated receiver signal and lead to higher bit error rate (BER). An experiment of laser propagation was carried out to characterize the light intensity through turbulent air in the laboratory environment. The experimental results agree with the calculation based on Rytov for the case of weak to intermediate turbulence. Also, we show the characteristics of irradiance scintillation, intensity distribution and atmospheric turbulence strength. By means of laboratory simulated turbulence, the turbulence box is constructed with the following measurements: 0.5 m wide, 2 m long and 0.5 m high. The simulation box consists of three electric heaters and is well described for understanding the experimental set up. The fans and heaters are used to increase the homogeneity of turbulence and to create different scintillation indices. The received intensity scintillation and atmosphere turbulence strength were obtained and the variation of refractive index, with its corresponding structure parameter, is calculated from the experimental results.

Mzee S. MNDEWA, Xiuhua YUAN, Dexiu HUANG, Bangxu LI. Effects of light propagation in middle intensity atmospheric turbulence[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2009, 2(3): 312. Mzee S. MNDEWA, Xiuhua YUAN, Dexiu HUANG, Bangxu LI. Effects of light propagation in middle intensity atmospheric turbulence[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2009, 2(3): 312.

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