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Investigations on mode-division multiplexed free-space optical transmission for inter-satellite communication link

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Inter-satellite data transmission links are very crucial for providing global inter-connectivity. We report designing and investigations on high date rate inter-satellite communication based on free-space optical (FSO) transmission system employing mode-division multiplexing (MDM) technique, which enhances the spectral-effectiveness and net data rate of the communication link. The bit error rate (BER) performance of the proposed inter-satellite FSO transmission system has been compared for polarization-shift keyed, differential phase-shift keyed, and alternate mark inverted signals at different rates of data transmission. Favorable transmission of 2-distinct 40 Gbps data signals along 35,000 km distance with reliable BER is reported to realize an 80 Gbps-35000 km inter-satellite FSO communication. Furthermore, the proposed inter-satellite FSO system is investigated for increasing receiver pointing error losses and 80 Gbps-15000 km transmission up to 2.7 µrad error angle is reported.

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This research has been funded by Scientific Research Deanship at University of Ha’il—Saudi Arabia through project number RG-191247.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shaheed Bhagat Singh State University, Ferozepur, Punjab, India

    Karamjeet Singh & Amit Grover

  2. Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Ha’il, P.O. Box 2440, Ha’il, Saudi Arabia

    Saleh Chebaane & Feres Benabdallah

  3. Laboratory of Electronics and Microelectronics (EμE), Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

    Saleh Chebaane

  4. Department of Physics, College of Sciences and Arts, Qassim University, PO Box 53, Ar Rass, 51921, Saudi Arabia

    Sana Ben Khalifa

  5. Laboratory of Energy and Materials (LabEM), ESSTHS, University of Sousse, 4011, H.Sousse, Tunisia

    Sana Ben Khalifa

  6. Laboratory of Multifunctional Materials and Applications (LaMMA), Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Street Soukra, BP 1171, 3000, Sfax, Tunisia

    Feres Benabdallah & Hamadi Khemakhem

  7. Ferroic Physics Group, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan

    Xiaobing Ren

  8. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India

    Mehtab Singh

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Singh, K., Chebaane, S., Ben Khalifa, S. et al. Investigations on mode-division multiplexed free-space optical transmission for inter-satellite communication link. Wireless Netw 28, 1003–1016 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-022-02894-1

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