Free-Space Optical Communications Link at 1550-nm using Multiple-Quantum-Well Modulating Retroreflectors in a Marine Environment
Abstract
A 1550-nm eye-safe, free-space optical communications link is demonstrated at rates up to 5 Mbits/s over a distance of 2 km in the Chesapeake Bay, using quantum-well-based modulating retroreflectors. Tests are conducted under various atmospheric conditions over a time period of about a year. The experimental and theoretical link budgets are compared and statistical measurements of the effects of scintillation are collected.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA462152
Entities
People
- C. I. Moore
- G. Charmaine Gilbreath
- H. R. Burris
- J. L. Witkowsky
- L. Swingen
- M. F. Stell
- M. J. Vilcheck
- P. G. Goetz
- R. Mahon
- Williams S. Rabinovich
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory