The coherent laser signals of optical wireless communication suffer dramatic intensity
fluctuations due to the atmospheric turbulence effect. A larger receiver aperture could only …

The satellite-to-ground communications systems are a significant part of the future
communications network. Meanwhile, the large capacity is also one of the goals pursued by …

Innovative technologies are required to satisfy the ever increasing bandwidth demand
associated with new communication services. Optical free space communication, with its …

Satellite optical communication has many quality features, such as high data rate and
license free. Unfortunately, atmospheric turbulence can affect optical transmissions between …

The high data rates enabled by free-space optical communication links and additional
factors, such as the unregulated spectrum, make them an attractive solution in future …

Current satellite communication systems based on RF technology are often limited by the
available spectrum. Free-Space Optical Communication Links are a promising solution to …

The performances of satellite-to-ground downlink optical communications over Gamma–
Gamma distributed atmospheric turbulence are studied for a coherent detection receiving …

This paper describes a lasercom terminal using spatial diversity to mitigate fading caused by
atmospheric scintillation. Multiple receive apertures are separated sufficiently to capture …

In this letter, transmit laser selection for multiple-input-single-output free-space optical
communication systems with intensity modulation and direct detection over strong …

Transmitter diversity is an effective fading mitigation scheme in an optical geostationary
satellite feeder uplink. We quantify the performance of the scheme over a slow fading …