Title :
Experimental demonstration of a 400-Gbit/s free space optical link using multiple orbital-angular-momentum beams with higher order radial indices
Author :
Long Li ; Guodong Xie ; Yan Yan ; Yongxiong Ren ; Peicheng Liao ; Ahmed, Nisar ; Zhe Zhao ; Changjing Bao ; Zhe Wang ; Ashrafi, Nima ; Ashrafi, Solyman ; Linquist, Roger D. ; Tur, Moshe ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report a transmission of 400 Gbit/s signal over a four channels, 1-meter mode-division-multiplexed free space optical communication link using multiple orbital-angular-momentum beams with non-zero radial indices, achieving a power penalty less than 6 dB.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical links; bit rate 400 Gbit/s; higher order radial indices; mode-division-multiplexed free space optical communication link; multiple orbital-angular-momentum beams; non-zero radial indices; power penalty; signal transmission; size 1 m; Crosstalk; Forward error correction; Laser beams; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optimized production technology; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
