High-capacity free-space optical communications using wavelength- and mode-division-multiplexing in the mid-infrared region.
Zou K, Pang K, Song H, Fan J, Zhao Z, Song H, Zhang R, Zhou H, Minoofar A, Liu C, Su X, Hu N, McClung A, Torfeh M, Arbabi A, Tur M, Willner AE.
Zou K, et al.
Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 10;13(1):7662. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35327-w.
Nat Commun. 2022.
PMID: 36496483
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We multiplex three ~3.4 mum wavelengths (3.396 mum, 3.397 mum, and 3.398 mum) on a single polarization, with each wavelength carrying two orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) beams. As each beam carries 50-Gbit/s quadrature-phase-shift-keying data, a total capacity of 300 Gbit/s …
We multiplex three ~3.4 mum wavelengths (3.396 mum, 3.397 mum, and 3.398 mum) on a single polarization, with each wavelength carrying two or …