A MULTI-HOP FREE SPACE OPTICAL LINK BASED ON A REGENERATIVE RELAY

A multi-hop free space optical link based on a regenerative relay

A multi-hop free space optical link based on all-optical relays is presented.All-optical relays are either composed of simple optical amplifiers or optical regenerators.It has been shown that after a certain number of hops, the amplifier based relay cannot extend the range of the free space optical link.Therefore, we have investigated the use of a

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