Open AccessMulti-gigabit/s underwater optical communication link using orbital angular momentum multiplexing
Author(s) -
Joshua Baghdady,
Kyle Miller,
Kaitlyn Morgan,
Matthew J. Byrd,
Sean Osler,
Robert Ragusa,
Wenzhe Li,
Brandon Cochenour,
Eric Johnson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.24.009794
Subject(s) - optics , bit error rate , free space optical communication , keying , angular momentum , physics , optical communication , multiplexing , orbital angular momentum multiplexing , gigabit , modulation (music) , attenuation , underwater , telecommunications , computer science , orbital angular momentum of light , channel (broadcasting) , acoustics , total angular momentum quantum number , oceanography , quantum mechanics , geology
In this work we experimentally demonstrated an underwater wireless optical communications (UWOC) link over a 2.96 m distance with two 445-nm fiber-pigtailed laser diodes employing Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) to allow for spatial multiplexing. Using an on-off keying, non-return-to-zero (OOK-NRZ) modulation scheme, a data rate of 3 Gbit/s was achieved in water with an attenuation coefficient of 0.4128 m -1 at an average bit error rate (BER) of 2.073 × 10 -4 , well beneath the forward error correction (FEC) threshold.