基于量子级联激光器的自由空间通信

本文展示了基于中红外量子级联激光器的自由空间通信。该系统的基本单元由一个室温下连续工作的分布反馈量子级联激光器和一个中红外探测器组成,通过该系统成功地进行了40MHz正弦波信号和载波为30MHz的调幅视频信号的传输。本研究提供了量子级联激光器用于自由空间光通信的概念性的验证。系统的最高通信频率受限于调制电路带宽,通过使用改进后的调制电路可以大大提升该通信系统的性能。

Free-space communication based on quantum cascade laser

A free-space communication based on a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser (QCL) is presented. A room-temperature continuous-wave distributed-feedback (DFB) QCL combined with a mid-infrared detector comprise the basic unit of the communication system. Sinusoidal signals at a highest frequency of 40 MHz and modulated video signals with a carrier frequency of 30 MHz were successfully transmitted with this experimental setup. Our research has provided a proof-of-concept demonstration of space optical communication application with QCL. The highest operation frequency of our setup was determined by the circuit-limited modulation bandwidth. A high performance communication system can be obtained with improved modulation circuit system.