Statistical Analysis of Mode-Division Multiplexing Gains in Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications

Conference: Photonische Netze - 22. ITG-Fachtagung
05/19/2021 - 05/20/2021 at Online

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 297: Photonische Netze

Pages: 8Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
Krimmer, Jonas; Randel, Sebastian (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany)

Abstract:
We confirm the potential of receiver-side modal diversity for the mitigation of impairments induced by atmospheric turbulence in free-space optical communications. On this basis, we propose a scheme to combine this approach to turbulence mitigation with mode-division multiplexing.