Mitigation of Fading Caused by Atmospheric Turbulence with FMF Coupling and Maximum Ratio Combining Used in 320-m Free-Space Optical Transmission of 10 Gb/s BPSK

Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Proceedings: ECOC 2016

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Arikawa, Manabu; Ishikawa, Takashi; Takahashi, Seigo; Ono, Yoshimasa; Ito, Toshiharu (IoT Devices Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 1753 Shimonumabe, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki, 211-8666, Japan)
Hosokawa, Kohei (Research Planning Division, NEC Corporation, 1753 Shimonumabe, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki, 211-8666, Japan)

Abstract:
We experimentally demonstrated the sum of the six modes of FMF improved coupling efficiency by 6.5 dB for the optical beam impaired by 320-m open-air free-space transmission, and fading was suppressed by digital maximum ratio combining for 10 Gb/s BPSK.