• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 52, Issue 8, 80601 (2015)
Kong Yingxiu1、2、*, Ke Xizheng1, and Yang Yuan1
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    DOI: 10.3788/lop52.080601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Kong Yingxiu, Ke Xizheng, Yang Yuan. Influence Research of Atmospheric Turbulence on Space Coherent Optical Communications[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2015, 52(8): 80601 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The efficiency of optical heterodyne detection is not only related to the atmospheric turbulence, but also related to the optical field distribution of the signal light and the local optical on the detector photosensitive surface. The influences of the atmospheric turbulence on that are studied when the signal light and the local optical field distributions are not the same, the change of the heterodyne efficiency along with the radius is disscussed. The conclusion shows that when signal and local optical field are Airy+Gauss model, the influence of turbulence on the heterodyne efficiency is minimum, and will not change along with the detector radius after the efficiency is maximum. The influence of the turbulence is biggest under the Airy+Plane wave model, even under the weak turbulence, the heterodyne efficiency falls very quickly, and the maximum value of the drop rate is 95.13%.
    Kong Yingxiu, Ke Xizheng, Yang Yuan. Influence Research of Atmospheric Turbulence on Space Coherent Optical Communications[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2015, 52(8): 80601
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