Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications with Concurrent Turbulence Characterization in a Terrestrial Urban Link

Vincent van Vliet; Menno van den Hout; Kadir Gümüş; Eduward Tangdiongga; Chigo Okonkwo

doi:10.48550/arXiv.2601.03772

Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications with Concurrent Turbulence Characterization in a Terrestrial Urban Link

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Abstract

We present a 19-day joint measurement of optical turbulence and coherent data communications over a 4.6 km urban FSO link, providing empirical insights into turbulence effects on the performance of fiber-coupled coherent communication systems.

Original language	English
Publisher	arXiv.org
Number of pages	3
Volume	2601.03772
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.03772
Publication status	Published - 7 Jan 2026

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Accepted for presentation at Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference 2026

Funding

Supported by NWO TTW-Perspectief FREE P19-13, PhotonDelta National Growth Fund Programme on Photonics, and European Innovation Council Transition project CombTools (G.A. 101136978).

Keywords

physics.optics

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High Capacity Optical Transmission Lab
Okonkwo, C. (Manager), van der Heide, S. (Operator), van den Hout, M. (Operator), Goossens, S. (Operator), van Weerdenburg, J. J. A. (Operator), van Vliet, V. (Operator), Bradley, T. (Manager), Albores-Mejia, A. (Manager), Fatkhiev, D. (Operator), Freire Hermelo, M. (Manager), Gümüş, K. (Operator), Kalla, B. (Operator), Alomari, S. (Operator), Chen, V. (Manager), Anya, U. (Operator) & dos Reis Frazão, J. (Manager)
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