Demonstration of Turbulence-Resilient Self-Homodyne 12-Gbit/s 16-QAM Free-Space Optical Communications using a Transmitted Pilot Tone

Huibin Zhou*, Runzhou Zhang, Xinzhou Su, Yuxiang Duan, Haoqian Song, Hao Song, Kaiheng Zou, Robert W. Boyd, Moshe Tur, Alan E. Willner

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a turbulence-resilient 12-Gbit/s 16-QAM FSO link using pilot-assisted self-homodyne (rather than heterodyne) detection. Results show link resilience under 400 random turbulence realizations and up to ~20-dB improvement of optical-to-electrical mixing efficiency compared to conventional LO-based coherent detection.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781957171159
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2022 - Basel, Switzerland
Duration: 18 Sep 202222 Sep 2022

Publication series

Name2022 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2022

Conference

Conference2022 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2022
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityBasel
Period18/09/2222/09/22

Funding

FundersFunder number
Airbus Institute for Engineering ResearchN00014-20-1-2558
Qualcomm Innovation
VBFF
Office of Naval ResearchN00014-16-1-2813

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