[HTML][HTML] High-capacity free-space optical communications using wavelength-and mode-division-multiplexing in the mid-infrared region

K Zou, K Pang, H Song, J Fan, Z Zhao, H Song… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Due to its absorption properties in atmosphere, the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region has gained
interest for its potential to provide high data capacity in free-space optical (FSO) …

Bridging the terahertz gap: Photonics-assisted free-space communications from the submillimeter-wave to the mid-infrared

X Pang, O Ozolins, S Jia, L Zhang, R Schatz… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Since about one and half centuries ago, at the dawn of modern communications, the radio
and the optics have been two separate electromagnetic spectrum regions to carry data …

High-speed 9.6-μm long-wave infrared free-space transmission with a directly-modulated QCL and a fully-passive QCD

M Joharifar, H Dely, X Pang, R Schatz… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Free-space optics (FSO) in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) contains rich spectral resources for
future ultrahigh-speed wireless communications yet is currently under-exploited. Two …

High-capacity free-space optical link in the midinfrared thermal atmospheric windows using unipolar quantum devices

P Didier, H Dely, T Bonazzi, O Spitz… - Advanced …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Free-space optical communication is a very promising alternative to fiber communication
systems, in terms of ease of deployment and costs. Midinfrared light has several features of …

Direct Modulation and Free-Space Transmissions of up to 6 Gbps Multilevel Signals With a 4.65-m Quantum Cascade Laser at Room Temperature

X Pang, R Schatz, M Joharifar, A Udalcovs… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
A roadmap for future wireless communications is expected to exploit all transmission-
suitable spectrum bands, from the microwave to the optical frequencies, to support orders of …

11 Gb/s LWIR FSO transmission at 9.6 µm using a directly-modulated quantum cascade laser and an uncooled quantum cascade detector

X Pang, H Dely, R Schatz, D Gacemi… - 2022 Optical Fiber …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
11 Gb/s LWIR FSO Transmission at 9.6 µm using a Directly-Modulated Quantum
Cascade Laser and an Uncooled Quantum Casc Page 1 11 Gb/s LWIR FSO Transmission at 9.6 …

[HTML][HTML] Aiming for high-capacity multi-modal free-space optical transmission leveraging complete modal basis sets

Z Hu, Y Li, Z Chen, DM Benton, AAI Ali, M Patel… - Optics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Free-space optical (FSO) communication has gained much interest due to its capability of
providing not only a cost-efficient solution where the optical fiber is too expensive or too …

On‐chip all‐optical multicasting of mode‐division multiplexing QPSK signals

B Chen, Y Zhao, H Tan, X Guan, S Gao - Electronics Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The authors propose and experimentally demonstrate an on‐chip all‐optical multicasting
(AOM) for 40 Gbit/s mode‐division‐multiplexed quadrature phase‐shift keying (MDM‐QPSK) …

Chaos-based mid-infrared communications

F Grillot, O Spitz - Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The advantage of mid-infrared wavelength is that it is less affected by atmospheric
conditions than conventional near-infrared wavelength, and this optical domain is thus …

Directly modulated quantum cascade laser and its application in free-space communications

X Pang, R Schatz, M Joharifar… - … and Integration X, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In this report, we summarize our recent achievements in free-space communications in the
mid-infrared (MIR) region enabled by directly modulated quantum cascaded laser (QCL) at …