Comparison of laser beam propagation at 785 nm and 1550 nm in fog and haze for optical wireless communications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4214, Issue , 2001, Pages 26-37

  Kim, Isaac I ^a   McArthur, Bruce ^a   Korevaar, Eric ^a  

^a Optical Access Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

1550 nm; 785 nm; 850 nm; Atmospheric attenuation; EDFA; Erbium doped; Fiber amplifiers; Fog; Free space; Haze; Infrared; Laser communication; Lasercom; Last mile bottleneck; Last mile problem; Last mile solution; Mie scattering; Optical wireless; Particle size distribution; Telecommunications; Visibility

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FOG; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAIN; SNOW; VISIBILITY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FREE SPACE LASER COMMUNICATION; HAZE; LAST MILE PROBLEM; MIE SCATTERING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035036841     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.417512     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Measurement of scintillation and link margin for the TerraLink™ laser communication system
2. Wireless optical transmission of fast ethernet, FDDI, ATM, and ESCON protocol data using the TerraLink laser communication system
3. 2.4 km free-space optical communication 1550 nm transmission link operating at 2.5 Gb/s - experimental results
4. 4×2.5 Gb/s 4.4 km WDM free-space optical link at 1550 nm
5. High power optical amplifiers enable 1550 nm terrestrial free-space optical data-link operating @ WDM 2.5 Gb/s data rates
6. Update on 4×2.5Gb/s, 4.4 km free-space optical communications link: Availability and scintillation performance
7. Measurement of scintillation for free-space laser communication at 785 nm and 1550 nm
8. Key elements of high-speed WDM terrestrial free-space optical communications systems
9. A 40 Gb/s DWDM free space optical transmission link over 4.4 km
10. SONAbeam optical wireless products
11. Optical wireless - a prognosis
12. Effects of fog on the bit error rate of a free-space laser communication system
13. Elements of infrared technology: Generation, transmission, and detection
14. Atmospheric transmission
15. Transmission in haze and fog in the spectral region 0.35 to 10 microns
16. Haze and fog aerosol distributions
17. Effects of precipitation on propagation at 0.63, 3.5, and 10.6 microns
18. Mist - the transition from haze to fog
19. Opportunities and challenges for optical wireless; the competitive advantage of free space telecommunications links in today's crowded marketplace
20. Die lichttechnischen eigenschften des nebels
21. Uber die lichtzerstreuung im nebel
22. Models of aerosols, clouds, and precipitation for atmospheric propagation studies