[ThE2] Free Space Optical Systems

[ThE2-5] Scintillation Suppression by Gain Saturated SOA with Differential Signal Transmission in Free Space Optical Communication

〇Yan-Qing Hong, Won-Ho Shin, Sang-Kook Han (Yonsei Univ., Republic of Korea)

Keywords:semiconductor optical amplifier, differential signal, extinction ratio, fixed threshold decision, atmospheric turbulence, free space optical

This paper proposes scintillation reduction by gain saturated SOA with differential signal transmission in FSO. Experimental results show that scintillation and extinction ratio degradation from gain saturated SOA are compensated effectively by the proposed technique.