Orbital angular momentum beams for high-capacity communications

AE Willner, H Song, K Zou, H Zhou… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a growing interest in structured light, especially orbital angular momentum (OAM)
beams, due to its unique amplitude and phase structure. Multiple orthogonal OAM beams …

Enhanced atmospheric turbulence resiliency with successive interference cancellation DSP in mode division multiplexing free-space optical links

Y Li, Z Chen, Z Hu, DM Benton, AAI Ali… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate the enhanced atmospheric turbulence resiliency in a 137.8
Gbit/s/mode mode-division multiplexing free-space optical communication link through the …

Adaptive transceiver design for high-capacity multi-modal free-space optical communications with commercial devices and atmospheric turbulence

Z Hu, Z Chen, Y Li, DM Benton, AAI Ali… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, to achieve higher robustness against atmospheric turbulence for high-capacity
free-space optical (FSO) communications, an adaptive multi-modal FSO transceiver has …

[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 …

Spatial Mode Division Multiplexing of Free-Space Optical Communications Using a Pair of Multiplane Light Converters and a Micromirror Array for Turbulence …

D Benton, Y Li, A Billaud, A Ellis - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Multi-plane light converters (MPLC) are a means of deconstructing a wavefront into
constituent modes that are focused at specific spatial locations, and the reverse—that …

Fast-beam-switching optical phased array for moving objects in wireless optical communication networks

S Yang, G Wu, K Tang, F Yu, X Ji, Y Xin, W Jiang - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
For optical wireless communication systems, mechanical beam steering struggles to timely
switch between multiple users or search for moving users. Here we demonstrate a fast-beam …

Applications of Free Space Optics in Terrestrial Backhaul

B Wei, S Shen, G Wang, H Zhang… - … Meetings (ACP/POEM …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper gives an overview of free space optics applications in terrestrial backhaul. Free
space optics has flexible and fast deployment advantages which serve 5G-A or 6G in space …

Optical and THz Broadband Integrated Circuits for Mode-Dependent Free-Space Communications

AE Willner - Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Integrated circuits may be important role in future mode-dependent free-space
communications. This presentation will describe broadband optical and THz structures that …

Large-Core Optics for Simplified Short-Range FSO Links

F Honz, B Schrenk - Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Large-Core Optics for Simplified Short-Range FSO Links Page 1 Large-Core Optics for Simplified
Short-Range FSO Links Florian Honz, and Bernhard Schrenk AIT Austrian Institute of …

Advanced Digital Signal Processing for High-Capacity Mode-Division Multiplexed Free-Space Optical Communications

Z Hu, Z Chen, Y Li, DM Benton, AAI Ali… - 2023 23rd …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spatial modes provide a potential dimension to boost the capacity of free-space optical
(FSO) communication systems. Various modal basis sets can be used. For a given aperture …