Experimental Demonstration of Enhanced Misalignment Tolerance for Recovering Phase and Amplitude Encoding in a Pilot-Assisted Self-Coherent Free-Space Optical Link

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

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a 6-Gbit/s 16-QAM pilot-assisted self-coherent free-space optical link with enhanced misalignment tolerance. BER performance below the 7% FEC threshold can be achieved for up to 0.13° angular- or 9-mm lateral misalignments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2022 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781957171050
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2022 - San Jose, United States
Duration: 15 May 202220 May 2022

Publication series

Name2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2022 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose
Period15/05/2220/05/22

Funding

FundersFunder number
Airbus Institute for Engineering ResearchN00014-20-1-2558, FA9550-20-1-0152
Qualcomm Innovation
VBFF
Office of Naval ResearchN00014-16-1-2813
Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchFA9453-20-2-0001

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