Digital Domain Power Division Multiplexing Optical OFDM for Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) Using 10-GHz Bandwidth Optical Components

Wahyu Hendra Gunawan; Chi-Wai Chow; Yang Liu; Yun-Han Chang; Yin-He Jian; Ching-Wei Peng; Chien-Hung Yeh

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2022.3182867

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2022)

Digital Domain Power Division Multiplexing Optical OFDM for Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) Using 10-GHz Bandwidth Optical Components

Wahyu Hendra Gunawan,
Chi-Wai Chow,
Yang Liu,
Yun-Han Chang,
Yin-He Jian,
Ching-Wei Peng,
Chien-Hung Yeh

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Wahyu Hendra Gunawan: ORCiD; Department of Photonics & Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Chi-Wai Chow: ORCiD; Department of Photonics & Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Yang Liu: ORCiD; Philips Electronics Ltd., Shatin, Hong Kong
Yun-Han Chang: ORCiD; Department of Photonics & Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Yin-He Jian: Department of Photonics & Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Ching-Wei Peng: Department of Photonics & Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Chien-Hung Yeh: ORCiD; Department of Photonics, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2022.3182867
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 4
pp. 1 – 7

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We put forward and provide the first illustration of a high capacity and high spectral efficient free space optical communication (FSOC) system using digital domain power division multiplexing orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexed (DDPD-O-OFDM) signal utilizing 10-GHz class optical components. In the proof-of-concept demonstration, a data rate of 2 × 30.8 Gbit/s can be achieved for each polarization multiplexed wavelength channel, fulfilling the pre-forward-error-correction bit-error-ratio (pre-FEC BER = 3.8 × 10−3). By employing the DDPD-O-OFDM here, the FSOC per channel capacity can be enhanced not only allowing the spectral overlapping of different orthogonal subcarriers, as in the case of OFDM; but also allowing channel multiplexing in the power domain to increase the spectral efficiency. The principle of DDPD-O-OFDM is discussed; and BER and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of different DDPD channels are experimentally measured.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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