Abstract
Mid-infrared (MIR) light within the 3–5 μm spectrum offers distinct advantages over the 1.5 μm band, particularly in adverse atmospheric conditions, rendering it a favorable option for free-space optical (FSO) communication. The transmission capacity within the 3–5 μm band is relatively low due to the immature state of its devices. In this study, we demonstrate multi-format signals FSO transmission with a total of 40 Gbps capacity in the 3 μm band, utilizing our developed MIR transmitter and receiver modules. These modules facilitate wavelength conversion between the 1.5 μm and 3 μm bands through the utilization of difference-frequency generation (DFG) effect. The MIR transmitter effectively produces three MIR signals: On-Off Keying (OOK), Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK), and Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) optical signals. The generated MIR power is 7.8 dBm, covering a wavelength range from 3.5864 to 3.5885 μm. The MIR receiver regenerates the three format signals with a power of −29.6 dBm. Relevant results of regenerated signal demodulation have been collected in detail, including bit error ratio (BER), constellation diagram, and eye diagram. The required powers for the 10 Gbps OOK, BPSK, and QPSK are −37.82, −40.24, and −39.4 dBm at BER of 1 × 10−6. It is expected to further push the data capacity to the terabit-per-second level by adding more 1.5 μm band laser sources and using wider-bandwidth chirped nonlinear crystals.
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