64 Gb/s PAM4 VCSEL-based FSO link

Autor: Chung Yi Li, Chun-Ming Ho, Ming-Te Cheng, Hai-Han Lu, Hwan-Wei Chen, Xin-Yao Lin, Zih-Yi Yang
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Optics Express. 25:5749
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.005749
Popis: A 64 Gb/s four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)-based free-space optical (FSO) link with an external light injection scheme is proposed and successfully demonstrated. Experimental results show that the 11.2 GHz VCSEL with an external light injection scheme is sufficiently powerful for 64 Gb/s PAM4 FSO links. This study is the first one that adopts a 1550-nm VCSEL transmitter with an external light injection scheme in a 64 Gb/s PAM4 FSO link. The link performances of the proposed PAM4 VCSEL-based FSO links have been analyzed in real-time in terms of eye diagrams and offline processed by Matlab in terms of bit error rate (BER) performances. Good BER performance and clear eye diagrams are acquired over a 100-m free-space link. Such a proposed 64 Gb/s PAM4 VCSEL-based FSO link with an external light injection scheme is a promising one for providing high transmission rate and long transmission distance.
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