Free Space Optics: Enabling Optical Connectivity in Today's Networks

By H. Willebrand, B. Ghuman. 2001

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Error rate performance analysis of coded free-space optical links over gamma-gamma atmospheric turbulence channels (2006, background): “W IRELESS optical communications, also known as free-space optical (FSO) communications, is a costeffective and high bandwidth access technique, which is receiving growing attention with recent commercialization successes [1].”
BER Performance of Free-Space Optical Transmission with Spatial Diversity (2007, background): “The standard performance metric adopted by most FSO manufacturers is the bit error rate (BER) [1].”
Free Space Optical Communications — Theory and Practices (2014, methodology): “Until that time, physicists had believed that a photon could interact with an atom only in two ways: The photon could be absorbed and raise the atom to a higher energy level, or the photon could be emitted by the atom when it dropped into a lower energy level [5].”
Transmission Analysis of OFDM-Based Wireless Services Over Turbulent Radio-on-FSO Links Modeled by Gamma–Gamma Distribution (2010, background): “The advantages of FSO communications, depending on deployment scenario and application, including ease of deployment, license-free operation, high transmission security, high bit rates, full duplex transmission, and protocol transparency, [1], [2].”
A Survey on Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing Mechanisms for Mobile Free-Space Optical Communications (2018, background): “One drawback of FSMs is their limited angular range of motion that may restrict their field-of-view for data acquisition/tracking as compared to gimbals [56].”
Optical Communication in Space: Challenges and Mitigation Techniques (2017, background): “Particles like air molecules and haze cause Rayleigh scattering [81].”
Single-photon generation and detection (2009, background): “This wavelength was particularly interesting, where there is a reduced contribution to the overall signal from the solar background [196], improved atmospheric transmission and eye safe operation.”
BPSK Subcarrier Intensity Modulated Free-Space Optical Communications in Atmospheric Turbulence (2009, background): “F REE-SPACE optical communications (FSO) is a promising technology capable of offering full-duplex gigabit rate throughput (data, voice, and video simultaneously) in certain applications and environment [1]–[3].”
Survey on Free Space Optical Communication: A Communication Theory Perspective (2014, background): “Only for very severe rain, the attenuation can become an issue in deployments beyond the distance scale of a typical metropolitan area [74], [78].”