Free-space optical communications link at 1550 nm using multiple-quantum-well modulating retroreflectors in a marine environment

A 1550-nm eye-safe, free-space optical communications link is demonstrated at rates up to 5 Mbits/s over a distance of 2 km in the Chesapeake Bay, using quantum-well-based modulating retroreflectors. Tests are conducted under various atmospheric conditions over a time period of about a year. The exp...

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Published in:Optical Engineering 2005-05, Vol.44 (5), p.056001-0560012
Main Authors: Rabinovich, W. S, Mahon, R, Burris, H. R, Gilbreath, G. C, Goetz, P. G, Moore, C. I, Stell, M. F, Vilcheck, M. J, Witkowsky, J. L, Swingen, L, Suite, M. R, Oh, E, Koplow, J
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Language:English
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optical communications
quantum-well devices
retroreflector
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Summary:A 1550-nm eye-safe, free-space optical communications link is demonstrated at rates up to 5 Mbits/s over a distance of 2 km in the Chesapeake Bay, using quantum-well-based modulating retroreflectors. Tests are conducted under various atmospheric conditions over a time period of about a year. The experimental and theoretical link budgets are compared and statistical measurements of the effects of scintillation are collected. ©
ISSN:0091-3286
1560-2303
DOI:10.1117/1.1906230