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Design of an Optical Wireless Communication Link Using Mid Wave Infrared Laser Source and Comparison with Short Wave Infrared Laser Sources in Different Atmospheric Anomalies: An Analytical Study
Shibabrata Mukherjee, Sujoy Paul and Saswati Mazumdar
Optical Wireless Communication (OWC), sometimes referred to as Free Space Optics (FSO), is the backbone of leading-edge communication systems that offer high performance and fast speed. The main pitfall of this system is that the optical signal is hindered by the different atmospheric anomalies. As a result, the system performance has been distorted and degraded. Among the different atmospheric anomalies like fog, rain, snow, etc., fog is the main enemy of this system. Using the properly chosen optics at the transmitter and receiver sides and wavelength, the system performance may be increased in diverse weather conditions. In this article, four wavelengths like two Mid Wave Infrared (MWIR) (3400 nm, 4100 nm) and two Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) (1550 nm & 2000 nm), 27 dBm optical peak power, the OOK modulation technique, 10 MHz modulation bandwidth, 10-7 BER, 2 km optical wireless link distance have been considered. From the theoretical simulation results, it has been initiated that MWIR optical sources (like 4100 nm and 3400 nm) contribute 72.22 dB, and 71.27 dB link margin at adverse atmospheric anomalies respectively, whereas SWIR Optical sources like 1550 nm & 2000 nm furnish 67.70 dB, 68.50 dB link margin respectively for 2 km link distance. The 4100 nm wavelength Laser source performs better in different atmospheric anomalies and provides a better pointing error angle in clear, as well as adverse weather conditions, compared to other wavelengths.
Keywords: Atmospheric transmittance, FSO, MWIR, Pointing Error, SWIR, Visibility