1000 Gbps MDM-WDM FSO link employing DP-QPSK modulation scheme under the effect of fog

Abstract

In this work, a dual polarization-quadrature phase shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulation scheme has been used for analysing the performance of terrestrial MDM-WDM FSO link at a data rate of 1000 Gbps. The proposed link has been investigated considering linearly polarized (LP) 01 and 02 modes with a channel capacity and spacing of 10 × 100 Gpbs and 10 GHz respectively. The performance of the system has been evaluated in terms of received optical power and signal to noise ratio (SNR) for clear weather, light, medium and heavy fog conditions over a propagation range varying from 1.2 km to 20 km.