Chaotic Free-Space Laser Communication over Turbulent Channel

Author(s)

N. F. Rulkov, University of California - San Diego
Mikhail Vorontsov, University of DaytonFollow
L. Illing, University of California - San Diego

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-20-2002

Publication Source

Physical Review Letters

Abstract

The dynamics of errors caused by atmospheric turbulence in a self-synchronizing chaos-based communication system that stably transmits information over a ∼5  km free-space laser link is studied experimentally. Binary information is transmitted using a chaotic sequence of short-term pulses as a carrier. The information signal slightly shifts the chaotic time position of each pulse depending on the information bit. We report the results of an experimental analysis of the atmospheric turbulence in the channel and the impact of turbulence on the bit-error-rate performance of this chaos-based communication system.

ISBN/ISSN

0031-9007

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

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Permission documentation on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 2002, American Physical Society

Publisher

American Physical Society

Volume

89

Issue

27

Peer Reviewed

yes

eCommons Citation

Rulkov, N. F.; Vorontsov, Mikhail; and Illing, L., "Chaotic Free-Space Laser Communication over Turbulent Channel" (2002). Electro-Optics and Photonics Faculty Publications. 114.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eop_fac_pub/114