Midinfrared Interband Cascade Laser for Free Space Optical Communication

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Alexander Soibel · Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Malcolm W. Wright · California Institute of Technology

William H. Farr · California Institute of Technology

Sam A. Keo · Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Cory J. Hill · California Institute of Technology

Rui Q. Yang · University of Oklahoma

H.C. Liu

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A free space optical (FSO) link utilizing midinfrared (mid-IR) interband cascade lasers has been demonstrated in the 3- to 5-¿m atmospheric transmission window with data rates up to 70 Mb/s and bit-error rate (BER) less than 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-8</sup> . The performance of the mid-IR FSO link has been compared with the performance of a near-IR link under various fog conditions using an indoor communication testbed. These experiments demonstrated the lower attenuation and scintillation advantages of a mid-IR FSO link.

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Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Optical Wireless Communication Technologies

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Published in: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volume 22, Issue 2, pp. 121-123

DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2009.2036449

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.49

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