Real-time scintillation noise mitigation for free space optical transmission of analogue and digital signals

Kenneth J. Grant; Bradley A. Clare; Kerry A. Mudge; Ben M. Sprey; Raymond J. Oermann

doi:10.1117/12.783488

18 April 2008 Real-time scintillation noise mitigation for free space optical transmission of analogue and digital signals

Kenneth J. Grant, Bradley A. Clare, Kerry A. Mudge, Ben M. Sprey, Raymond J. Oermann

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Proceedings Volume 6951, Atmospheric Propagation V; 69510H (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.783488
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

It is well-known that free space optical communications through a turbulent atmosphere are adversely affected by scintillation noise. This paper reports on the experimental demonstration of a two-colour common mode rejection technique to mitigate atmospheric scintillation noise. Real-time equalisation was achieved for both analogue (amplitude modulated PAL composite video) and digital (quadrature amplitude modulated) signals.

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Kenneth J. Grant, Bradley A. Clare, Kerry A. Mudge, Ben M. Sprey, and Raymond J. Oermann "Real-time scintillation noise mitigation for free space optical transmission of analogue and digital signals", Proc. SPIE 6951, Atmospheric Propagation V, 69510H (18 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.783488

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