Abstract
An indoor 100 Gb/s wireless communication is demonstrated using external coherent injection-locking of InAs/InP Quantum-dash (QDash) laser. Receiver power sensitivities of -18.4 dBm and -17.4 dBm at ~1621.3 nm are observed after propagating along a 2 m and 4 m indoor free-space channels, respectively, while adopting dual polarization quadrature phase shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulation scheme. Moreover, characterization of this far L-band QDash laser showed an injection locked Fabry-Perot mode tunability of ~19 nm with > 35 dB side-mode-suppression-ratio. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first demonstration of showcasing QDash lasers as a viable candidate in optical wireless communication, an attractive alternate optical access technology for next generation high capacity networks.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2017 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509062904 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781509062904 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 22 Nov 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2017 |
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| Volume | 2017-January |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to thank King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals through KAUST004 grant, and KACST-TIC in SSL & RFTONICS.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Broadband lasers
- External injection-locking
- Indoor free space optical communication
- Next generation data centers
- Optical wireless communication
- Quantum-dash laser
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics