Intensity position modulation for free-space laser communication system

Alireza Jangjoo; F. Faghihi

doi:10.1117/12.567474

20 December 2004 Intensity position modulation for free-space laser communication system

Alireza Jangjoo, F. Faghihi

Proceedings Volume 5577, Photonics North 2004: Optical Components and Devices; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.567474
Event: Photonics North, 2004, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

In this research a novel modulation technique for free-space laser communication system called Intensity Position Modulation (IPM) is carried out. According to TEM₀₀ mode of a laser beam and by linear fitting on the Gaussian function as an approximation, the variation of linear part on the reverse biased pn photodiode produced alternating currents which contain the information. Here, no characteristic property of the beam as intensity or frequency is changed and only the beam position moves laterally. We demonstrated that in this method no bandwidth is required, so it is possible to reduce the background radiation noise by narrowband filtering of the carrier. The fidelity of the analog voice communication system which is made upon the IPM is satisfactory and we are able to transmit the audio signals up to 1Km.

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Alireza Jangjoo and F. Faghihi "Intensity position modulation for free-space laser communication system", Proc. SPIE 5577, Photonics North 2004: Optical Components and Devices, (20 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.567474

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