Interband cascade technology for energy-efficient mid-infrared free-space communication

被引：44

作者：

Didier, Pierre ^{[1
,2
]}

Knoetig, Hedwig ^{[3
]}

Spitz, Olivier ^{[1
,4
]}

Cerutti, Laurent ^{[5
]}

Lardschneider, Anna ^{[2
]}

Awwad, Elie ^{[1
]}

Diaz-Thomas, Daniel ^{[5
]}

Baranov, A. N. ^{[5
]}

Weih, Robert ^{[6
]}

Koeth, Johannes ^{[6
]}

Schwarz, Enedikt ^{[3
]}

Grillot, Frederic ^{[1
,7
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Polytech Paris, LTCI Telecom Paris, F-91120 Palaiseau, France

[2] MirSense, Ctr Integrat NanoInnov, F-91120 Palaiseau, France

[3] TU Wien, Inst Solid State Elect, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

[4] Univ Cent Florida, Coll Opt & Photon, CREOL, Orlando, FL 32816 USA

[5] Univ Montpellier, Inst Elect & Syst, CNRS, UMR 5214, F-34000 Montpellier, France

[6] Nanoplus Nanosyst & Technol GmbH, D-97218 Gerbrunn, Germany

[7] Univ New Mexico, Ctr High Technol Mat, Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA

来源：

PHOTONICS RESEARCH | 2023年 / 11卷 / 04期

关键词：

IR SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION; LASERS;

D O I：

10.1364/PRJ.478776

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Space-to-ground high-speed transmission is of utmost importance for the development of a worldwide broadband network. Mid-infrared wavelengths offer numerous advantages for building such a system, spanning from low atmospheric attenuation to eye-safe operation and resistance to inclement weather conditions. We demonstrate a full interband cascade system for high-speed transmission around a wavelength of 4.18 mu m. The low-power con-sumption of both the laser and the detector in combination with a large modulation bandwidth and sufficient output power makes this technology ideal for a free-space optical communication application. Our proof-of -con-cept experiment employs a radio-frequency optimized Fabry-Perot interband cascade laser and an interband cascade infrared photodetector based on a type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice. The bandwidth of the system is evaluated to be around 1.5 GHz. It allows us to achieve data rates of 12 Gbit/s with an on-off keying scheme and 14 Gbit/s with a 4-level pulse amplitude modulation scheme. The quality of the transmission is enhanced by conventional pre-and post-processing in order to be compatible with standard error-code correction.(c) 2023 Chinese Laser Press

引用

页码：582 / 590

页数：9

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