Experimental demonstration of a 1-Gbit/s “pin-like” low-divergence beam using a limited-sized receiver aperture at various distances

Nanzhe Hu*, Huibin Zhou, Runzhou Zhang, Haoqian Song, Kai Pang, Kaiheng Zou, Hao Song, Xinzhou Su, Cong Liu, Brittany Lynn, Moshe Tur, Alan E. Willner

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a 1-Gbit/s free-space optical data communication link using a pin-like beam. The results show that the pin-like beam has ~8dB less power loss induced by the limited-size receiver aperture at various distances compared with a Gaussian beam.

Original languageEnglish
JournalOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
StatePublished - 2021
EventOptical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 6 Jun 202111 Jun 2021

Funding

FundersFunder number
Airbus Institute for Engineering Research
NIWCPN6600120C4704
VBFF
Office of Naval ResearchDSCA 4441006051, N00014-16-1-2813
Multidisciplinary University Research InitiativeN00014-20-1-2558

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