Title

Temporal broadening of ultrashort space-time Gaussian pulses with applications in laser satellite communication

Keywords

Atmospheric optics; Laser communication; Optical pulse; Temporal pulse broadening

Abstract

In this paper, analytic expressions for the temporal broadening of narrowband space-time Gaussian pulses propagating in weak optical turbulence are derived for both near and far fields. General results are presented for nominal parameter values characterizing laser communication through the atmosphere. Specific examples are calculated for both upper atmosphere UAV-UAV cross-links and uplink/downlink satellite communication paths. It is shown that for both the near and far fields, pulses on the order of 10-20 femtoseconds can broaden by more than 100% whereas pulses greater than 500 femtoseconds have negligible broadening.

Publication Date

12-1-1998

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

3266

Number of Pages

231-240

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308711

Socpus ID

0032223882 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0032223882

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