Research Article

Performance Investigation of 40 GB/s DWDM over Free Space Optical Communication System Using RZ Modulation Format

Table 1

Key parameters for simulation setup.

ParametersDescriptions

Number of channels8
Channels spacing0.8 nm (100 GHz)
Range4 km
FSO transmitter aperture diameter5 cm
FSO receiver aperture diameter7.5 cm
Beam divergence0.25 mrad
Attenuation3.5 dB/Km