Demonstration of Turbulence Resilient Self-Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications Using a Pilot Tone and an Array of Smaller Photodiodes for Bandwidth Enhancement

Hao Song*, Runzhou Zhang, Huibin Zhou, Xinzhou Su, Kaiheng Zou, Yuxiang Duan, Haoqian Song, Kai Pang, Nanzhe Hu, Narek Karapetyan, Amir Minoofar, Moshe Tur, Alan E. Willner

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Abstract

We demonstrate a 4-Gbit/s 16-QAM turbulence-resilient self-coherent free-space optical link using a pilot tone. An array of smaller photodiodes is used to potentially increase the overall bandwidth under turbulence (mathrm{D}/mathrm{r}-{0}=sim 8.4).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2022 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781557524669
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2022 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 6 Mar 202210 Mar 2022

Publication series

Name2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2022 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period6/03/2210/03/22

Funding

FundersFunder number
Airbus Institute for Engineering ResearchN00014-20-1-2558, DSCA 4441006051, FA9550-20-1-0152
Qualcomm Innovation
VBFF
Office of Naval ResearchN00014-16-1-2813

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