Optical wireless communication at 100 Gb/s using L-band quantum-dash laser

  • M. T.A. Khan
  • , M. A. Shemis
  • , E. Alkhazraji
  • , A. M. Ragheb
  • , M. A. Esmail
  • , H. Fathallah
  • , S. Alshebeili
  • , M. Z.M. Khan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-3
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781509062904
ISBN (Print)9781509062904
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Nov 2017

Publication series

Name2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2017
Volume2017-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:
© 2017 IEEE. All rights reserved.

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

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