Abstract
We demonstrate a 2 Tbit/s free-space data link using two orthogonal orbital angular momentum beams each carrying 25 different wavelength-division- multiplexing channels. We measure the performance for different modulation formats, including directly detected 40 Gbit/s nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) differential phase-shift keying, 40 Gbit/s NRZ on-off keying, and coherently-detected 10 Gbaud NRZ quadrature phase-shift keying, and achieve low bit error rates with penalties less than 5 dB.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4753-4755 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Nov 2012 |