Polarization Characteristics of Laser Communication System in Atmospheric Channel

doi:10.12382/bgxb.2021.0817

Abstract

Abstract: The intensity scintillation effects of different initial polarized laser beams transmitted in atmosphere are studied，while the expression of intensity scintillation of polarized laser beams is given. A new multi-parameter high-precision controllable laser light source was designed，and a simulation device was used for atmospheric turbulence simulation.The scintillation effects of laser beams with different initial polarization states in atmospheric turbulence were researched experimentally.The results show that the scintillation factor decreases with the increase in the polarizing angle when the polarizing angle is 45°≤ θ<90°. For 0°<θ≤45°，the scintillation factor decreases with the decrease in the polarizing angle.The scintillation factors of left- and right-hand circularly polarized laser beams vary with turbulence intensity in a similar way.Compared with linearly polarized laser beams，the intensity scintillation factors of left- and right-hand polarized laser beams under the same atmospheric turbulence are smaller than that of linearly polarized light at any polarizing angle. By optimizing the polarization state of the laser communication system，the influence of atmospheric turbulence on the laser communication system can be effectively suppressed，the intensity fluctuation of the receiver and the bit error rate of the laser communication system can be reduced，and the performance of the laser communication system can be effectively improved.

Key words: atmosphericchannel, lasercommunication, polarizationstate, atmosphericturbulence, intensityscintillation, polarizationoptimization

CLC Number:

E963

TAO Zonghui, LIU Weiqi, CHEN Yanan, NI Xiaolong, LOU Yan, LIU Xianzhu, JIANG Huilin. Polarization Characteristics of Laser Communication System in Atmospheric Channel[J]. Acta Armamentarii, 2022, 43(3): 481-488.

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