• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 4, 040601 (2015)
Tao Liu, Peng Wang, and Hongming Zhang*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology; Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.040601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Tao Liu, Peng Wang, Hongming Zhang. Performance analysis of non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communication through turbulence channel[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(4): 040601 Copy Citation Text show less
    Typical NLOS UV communication schematic diagram.
    Fig. 1. Typical NLOS UV communication schematic diagram.
    BER versus baseline distance under different strengths of atmospheric turbulence.
    Fig. 2. BER versus baseline distance under different strengths of atmospheric turbulence.
    BER versus bit rate under different strengths of atmospheric turbulence.
    Fig. 3. BER versus bit rate under different strengths of atmospheric turbulence.
    BER versus Tx/Rx angle; (a) no turbulence, (b) under weak turbulence, (c) under medium turbulence, and (d) under strong turbulence.
    Fig. 4. BER versus Tx/Rx angle; (a) no turbulence, (b) under weak turbulence, (c) under medium turbulence, and (d) under strong turbulence.
    ParameterValue
    Signal wave length250 nm
    Transmitter average power Pt1 w
    Beam divergence of the Tx60°
    FOV of the receiver Rx15°
    Background noise count rate Nn14,500s1
    Optical filter transmission0.2
    PMT quantum efficiency0.3
    PMT spreading factor0.1
    PMT average gain factor10,000
    Load resistance RL5 MΩ
    Operating temperature300 K
    Rayleigh scattering coefficient ksray0.338/km
    Mie scattering coefficient ksmie0.421/km
    Absorption coefficient ka1.202/km
    Table 1. Typical UV Communication Parameters
    Tao Liu, Peng Wang, Hongming Zhang. Performance analysis of non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communication through turbulence channel[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(4): 040601
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