Performance of Injection-Locked Quantum-Dash MMW Source under Clear and Dusty Weather Conditions

Qazi Tareq; Amr Mohamed Ragheb; Maged Abdullah Esmail; Saleh Abdullah Alshebeili; Mohammed Zahed Mustafa Khan

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2021.3074425

Performance of Injection-Locked Quantum-Dash MMW Source under Clear and Dusty Weather Conditions

Qazi Tareq, Amr Mohamed Ragheb, Maged Abdullah Esmail, Saleh Abdullah Alshebeili, Mohammed Zahed Mustafa Khan^*

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Abstract

We report on the generation and transmission of 30 GHz millimeter-wave (MMW) beat-tone signals employing external- (EIL) and self-injection-locked (SIL) InAs/InP quantum-dash based dual-wavelength laser (QD-DWL) sources emitting in mid L-band. Later, successful transmission of 2 Gbps quadrature phase-shift-keying (QPSK) signal over clear weather conditions on 2 m wireless (WL), and hybrid channels consisting of 20 km single-mode fiber (SMF) and 2 m WL, and 20 km single-mode fiber (SMF), 5 m free-space-optics (FSO) and 2 m WL, are demonstrated employing both MMW sources, with a slight ∼1.4 dBm extra received optical power requirement from SIL QD-DWL. Lastly, examining the effect of dusty weather conditions on the MMW transmission over 20 km SMF, 0.9 m FSO and 1 m WL hybrid channel, considering both EIL and SIL sources, showed maximum visibility range (V) of 12 ± 2 m and 16 ± 2 m for successful transmission, respectively. These investigations reinforce the simple, cost-effective, and energy-efficient SIL QD-DWL as a candidate L-band millimeter-wave (MMW) source compared to the EIL counterpart in 5G and next-generation radio-over-fiber wavelength-division multiplexing networks.

Original language	English
Article number	9409932
Journal	IEEE Photonics Journal
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2021.3074425
State	Published - Jun 2021

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Funding Information:
Manuscript received April 15, 2021; accepted April 16, 2021. Date of publication April 21, 2021; date of current version May 3, 2021. The work of Qazi Tareq and Mohammed Zahed Mustafa Khan was supported by Deanship of Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) under Grant SB181003. The work of Amr Mohamed Ragheb and Saleh Abdullah Alshebeili was supported by the National Plan for Science, Technology, and Innovation (MAARIFAH), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, under Award 2-17-02-001-0009. The work of Maged Abdullah Esmail was supported by Prince Sultan University. Corresponding author: Mohammed Zahed Mustafa Khan (e-mail: [email protected]).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2009-2012 IEEE.

Keywords

Quantum-dash laser
dusty weather
injection locking
millimeter waves
optical communications
radio-over-fiber

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Performance of Injection-Locked Quantum-Dash MMW Source under Clear and Dusty Weather Conditions

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