Principles and Applications of Free Space Optical Communications

Developed by an international team of experts, this book covers free space optical (FSO) communication technologies for realising high speed large-capacity terrestrial and aerospace communications.

List 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

Summary

Developed by an international team of experts, this book covers free space optical (FSO) communication technologies for realising high speed large-capacity terrestrial and aerospace communications.

Product details

• Assisted by: A. Arockia Bazil Raj (Editor), Zabih Ghassemlooy (Editor), Zabih (Professor) Ghassemlooy (Editor), Arun K. Majumdar (Editor), Arun K. (Professor) Majumdar (Editor), A. Arockia Bazil Raj (Editor), A. Arockia Bazil (Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) Raj (Editor)
• Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781785614156
• ISBN: 978-1-78561-415-6
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 245 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 930 g
• Series: Telecommunications; Telecommunications
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering