Design and Realization of 10Gbps DPSK System for Free Space Optical Communication

The performance of atmospheric communication system is limited by the atmospheric turbulence. In this paper, we present a practical 10Gbps DPSK transmission system for free space optical (FSO) communication with low error probability and wide-opening eye diagram. Compared to OOK modulation, DPSK format is a more effective way to resist the atmospheric turbulence. In addition, we designed parameters of this modulation system to be varied as the channel situation changed to achieve an optimized performance. The experiment results show that such a DPSK system could greatly overcome the atmospheric turbulence.