Abstract

A 50-m/40-Gb/s 680-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)-based free-space optical (FSO) communication employing three-stage injection-locked technique and the afocal scheme is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The three-stage injection-locked technique, which can significantly increase the resonant frequency of the VCSEL, is expected to provide higher transmission rate in FSO communication. The afocal scheme, which can reduce the beam size of laser beam, is expected to provide longer free-space link in FSO communication. As far as we know, it is the first time that a three-stage injection-locked 680-nm VCSEL transmitter and afocal scheme that will successfully build up a 50-m/40-Gb/s FSO communication has been employed. Such a 50-m/40-Gb/s FSO communication provides the advantages of optical wireless links for longer transmission distance and higher transmission rate, which is thoroughly useful for high-speed light-based WiFi (LiFi) applications.

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