We demonstrate an indoor 5 m free-space optical wireless coherent communication in mid L-band(1606.7 nm)by employing a tunable self-seeded InAs/InGaAlAs/InP quantum-dash(Qdash) laser as a subcarrier generator for ...We demonstrate an indoor 5 m free-space optical wireless coherent communication in mid L-band(1606.7 nm)by employing a tunable self-seeded InAs/InGaAlAs/InP quantum-dash(Qdash) laser as a subcarrier generator for 128 Gb/s dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying(DP-QPSK) modulation signal. The bare Qdash laser diode displays ~6 nm self-locked Fabry-Perot mode tunability with ~30 dB side mode suppression ratio(SMSR) and ~10 dBm mode power across the tuning range, thus encompassing ~10 modes with an achievable capacity of 1.28 Tb/s(10 × 128 Gb∕s) and potentially qualifying the source requirements for future access networks.展开更多
基金supported in part by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals through the KAUST004 grantin part by King Saud University,Deanship of Scientific Research through the RG-1438-092 grantin part by KACST-TIC in SSL
文摘We demonstrate an indoor 5 m free-space optical wireless coherent communication in mid L-band(1606.7 nm)by employing a tunable self-seeded InAs/InGaAlAs/InP quantum-dash(Qdash) laser as a subcarrier generator for 128 Gb/s dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying(DP-QPSK) modulation signal. The bare Qdash laser diode displays ~6 nm self-locked Fabry-Perot mode tunability with ~30 dB side mode suppression ratio(SMSR) and ~10 dBm mode power across the tuning range, thus encompassing ~10 modes with an achievable capacity of 1.28 Tb/s(10 × 128 Gb∕s) and potentially qualifying the source requirements for future access networks.