Journal article
All-Optical Multihop Free-Space Optical Communication Systems
Abstract
All-optical relaying techniques are proposed to improve the error performance and overall distance coverage of free-space optical (FSO) communication systems. An all-optical amplify-and-forward (OAF) relaying technique is presented where the received optical field is amplified at each relay. A novel channel model is developed including field distributions and weak turbulence. Simulation results indicate that OAF significantly enhances the BER …
Authors
Kazemlou S; Hranilovic S; Kumar S
Journal
Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29, No. 18, pp. 2663–2669
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
September 15, 2011
DOI
10.1109/jlt.2011.2160615
ISSN
0733-8724