Principles and Applications of Free Space Optical Communications

by Arun K. Majumdar (Editor), Zabih Ghassemlooy (Editor), A. Arockia Bazil Raj (Editor)

Overview

Free Space Optical (FSO) Communication uses light propagation in free space (air, outer space, and vacuum) to wirelessly transmit data for telecommunications and communication networking. FSO Communication is a key wireless and high-bandwidth technology for high speed large-capacity terrestrial and aerospace communications, which is often chosen as a complement or alternative to radio frequency communication. The propagating optical wave can be influenced negatively by random atmospheric changes such as wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and pressure, thermal expansion, earthquakes, and high-rise buildings. This edited book covers the principles, challenges, methodologies, techniques, and applications of Free Space Optical Communication for an audience of engineers, researchers, scientists, designers, and advanced students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785614156
Publisher:	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Publication date:	07/18/2019
Series:	Telecommunications
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Prof. Arun K. Majumdar received a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the Universityof California, Irvine, an M.S in Electrical Engineering from the Universityof Texas, Austin, USA, and an M.Tech from the Universityof Calcutta, India. He has 30 years of R&D experience in the field of Free-Space Laser Communications.

Prof. Zabih Ghassemlooy received a Ph.D and MSc from the Universityof Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK. He heads the Northumbria Communications Research Laboratories as well as the Optical Communications Research Group within the Faculty, working in many advanced areas related to FSO communication systems over the last 20 years.

Dr. A. Arockia Bazil Raj received his Ph.D and M.E degrees from Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India. He is currently working in the Electronics Engineering division of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune, India. His research interests are FSO communication, RF-photonic, radar system design and digital signal processing. He has been working in the fields of FSO communication, RF-photonics, signal processing and Radar system design over the last 14 years.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction to free space optical (FSO) communications
• Chapter 2: Free-space optical communication over strong atmospheric turbulence channels
• Chapter 3: Performance analysis and mitigation of turbulence effects using spatial diversity techniques in FSO systems over combined channel
• Chapter 4: Link budget for a terrestrial FSO link and performance of space time block codes over FSO channels
• Chapter 5: FSO channel—atmospheric attenuation and refractive index (C_n²) modeling as the function of local weather data
• Chapter 6: Spectral analysis and mitigation of beam wandering using optical spatial filtering technique in FSO communication
• Chapter 7: Characterization of atmospheric turbulence effects and their mitigation using wavelet-based signal processing
• Chapter 8: All-optical relay-assisted FSO systems
• Chapter 9: Optical spatial diversity for FSO communications
• Chapter 10: Analysis of the effects of aperture averaging and beam width on a partially coherent Gaussian beam over free-space optical communication links
• Chapter 11: Relaying techniques for free space optical communications
• Chapter 12: Experimental test of maximum likelihood thresholds based on Kalman filter estimates in on-off keyed laser communications in atmospheric turbulence
• Chapter 13: Signal encryption strategies based on acousto-optic chaos and mitigation of phase turbulence using encrypted chaos propagation
• Chapter 14: Distributed sensing with free space optics
• Chapter 15: Quantum-based satellite free space optical communication and microwave photonics