Highest-Speed Modulators Enabling High-Capacity Free Space Optical Communications at low SNR

L Kulmer, Y Horst, BI Bitachon, M Destraz… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Free-space optical satellite-earth links often operate at the SNR limit. We show that under
low SNR conditions it is more favorable to operate at higher speeds with lower order …

Real-Time 10 Gbit/s Digital Combining Over a 3 km Free-Space Optical Link With Multi-Aperture Receiver

P Hanne, A Arnould, N Perlot, A Johst… - … Networks; 24th ITG …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we demonstrate a real-time implementation of the digital combining of 10
Gbit/s signals received by a multi-aperture terminal over a 3 km free-space optical link. The …

Bidirectional real-time 10-Gbit/s free-space optical link with a 4-aperture array under strong scintillation

A Johst, N Perlot, P Hanne, M Rothe… - … on Space Optical …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on a demonstration of a bidirectional, multi-aperture free-space optics (FSO)
system and discuss general system design aspects. A multi-aperture terminal is used for …

The H2020 VERTIGO project: a major milestone towards optical feeder links

A Le Kernec, A Maho, S Lévêque, B Bénazet, M Sotom… - COAT2023, 2023 - hal.science
Optical feeder links are considered as a promising alternative to surpass classical RF
technology for future very high capacity systems. Nevertheless, the potential of this …