Keywords
optical scintillation, optical communications, fade, surge, aperture averaging, aperture arrays, bit error rate, amplitude modulation, binary union decoding
Abstract
The design of an optical communication link must plan for the random effects of atmospheric turbulence. This study analyses data from an experiment which transmitted from a laser located 8 meters above ground over a 13 Km range to coherent detection devices approximately 162 meters above ground. The effects of a fading and surging beam wave were considered in regards to code techniques for error correction, amplitude modulation and hardware architecture schemes. This study simulated the use of arrays and large apertures for the receiving devices, and compared the resultant scintillation index with the theoretical calculations.
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Graduation Date
2006
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Phillips, Ronald
Degree
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (M.S.E.E.)
College
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Degree Program
Electrical Engineering
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0001204
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0001204
Language
English
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Stein, Keith, "The Effectiveness Of Data Codes And Hardware Selection To Mitigate Scintillation Effects On Free Space Optical Data Transmission" (2006). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 752.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/752