Abstract
Free-space infrared beams can offer unprecedented data capacity to devices individually, by means of unshared connections which have a large link power budget. Two solutions based on passive diffractive modules are presented which perform wavelength-controlled 2D beam steering while minimizing power consumption. Downstream capacities up to 112Gbit/s per beam were experimentally demonstrated. In a hybrid system demonstrator, 60GHz techniques provided upstream capacity up to 5Gbit/s. Also an all-optical optical wireless communication system concept has been demonstrated, and a novel concept for an aperture-and-bandwidth-optimized integrated optical receiver is presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | MWP 2017 - 2017 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538607626 |
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| Publication status | Published - 5 Dec 2017 |
| Event | 2017 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2017) - Beijing, China Duration: 23 Oct 2017 → 26 Oct 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | 2017 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2017) |
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| Abbreviated title | MWP 2017 |
| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Beijing |
| Period | 23/10/17 → 26/10/17 |
Funding
OWC using 2D steered infrared beams thus opens a very promising road to offload high-capacity traffic loads and thus to solve the emerging exhaustion of radio spectrum resources, ACKNOWLEDGMENT Funding by the European Research Council in the Advanced Grant project BROWSE, is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks also go to the many colleagues at Eindhoven University of Technology who gave valuable contributions.
Keywords
- Optical beam steering
- Optical diffraction grating
- Optical wireless communication