2.5- and 5-Gbps time-delay self-homodyne interference differential phase-shift keying optical receiver for space-to-ground communication link

Autor: Zhi Yanan, Jianfeng Sun, Pan Weiqing, Enwen Dai, Yu Zhou, Wei Lu, Liren Liu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Optical Engineering. 58:1
ISSN: 0091-3286
DOI: 10.1117/1.oe.58.1.016114
Popis: The availability and reliability of the high data rate space-to-ground optical coherent communication links are critically challenged because the wave front of the signal beam is distorted and impaired when propagating through atmospheric turbulence. Based on the free-space interference of two successive data bits delayed by an unequal-arm-length Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI), a pupil-matching time-delay self-homodyne interference differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) optical receiver with 2 × 4 90-deg optical hybrid is designed for the high data rate space-to-ground optical communication links due to its immunity from wave front impairment. The delayed optical path difference (OPD) in the unequal-arm-length MZI corresponds to the duration of one bit and can be stabilized to below 1000th of the wavelength by the closed-loop feedback control. The maximum system insertion loss is
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