IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 2009 · 88 citations · 11 references
EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFree-space OpticsOptical Communication SystemsOptical ResonatorsOptical SourcesBit Error RateBit-error Rate AnalysisFog AttenuationFree-space Optical CommunicationInterband Cascade LasersOptical Communication LinksScintillationScintillation Mitigation
A free space optical (FSO) link utilizing midinfrared (mid-IR) interband cascade lasers has been demonstrated in the 3- to 5-¿m atmospheric transmission window with data rates up to 70 Mb/s and bit-error rate (BER) less than 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-8</sup> . The performance of the mid-IR FSO link has been compared with the performance of a near-IR link under various fog conditions using an indoor communication testbed. These experiments demonstrated the lower attenuation and scintillation advantages of a mid-IR FSO link.
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