1.28 terabit/s (32×40 Gbit/s) WDM transmission system for free space optical communications

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1639-1645

  Ciaramella, E ^a   Arimoto, Y ^b   Contestabile, G ^a   Presi, M ^a   D'Errico, A ^a   Guarino, V ^a   Matsumoto, M ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free space optics (FSO); Optical communications; Wavelength Division Mutiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

40-GBIT/S; BIT ERROR RATIOS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; DOUBLE PASS; ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; FREE SPACE OPTICAL SYSTEMS; FREE SPACE OPTICS; HIGH CAPACITY; OPTICAL CONNECTION; POWER BUDGETS; SIGNAL BEAMS; SIGNAL POWER; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; TERABIT; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MUTIPLEXING (WDM); WDM TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77951668972     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2009.091213     Document Type: Article

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