Abstract
Radio-over-free-space-optics (Ro-FSO) technology may pave the way towards a ubiquitous platform for seamless integration of radio and optical networks without expensive optical fiber cabling. In this paper, to increase the capacity of Ro-FSO, mode division multiplexing (MDM) of two modes has been capitalized in a three-channel WDM system spaced by 1 nm over a FSO link of 80 km, resulting in a 120 Gbps six-channel Ro-FSO system. The SNR and received power of MDM of two Laguerre-Gaussian modes LG00 and LG01 is compared with respect to MDM of two transverse donut modes. The performance of four-level quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) of radio subcarriers in the WDM-MDMs system is investigated for mitigation of frequency-selective fading under strong atmospheric turbulence.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 208-214 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications |
| Volume | 93 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Atmospheric turbulences
- MDM
- Ro-FSO
- WDM