Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 3, 030601(2024)

Simple real-time high-sensitivity heterodyne coherent optical transceiver at intraplane satellite communication

Yuanzhe Qu, Qianwu Zhang*, Yanyi Wang, Yanhao Chen, Lewei Gong, Ziyue Liu, Junjie Zhang, Yingchun Li, Jian Chen, and Yingxiong Song**
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  • Key Laboratory of Specialty Optics and Optical Access Networks, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Requirement for ROP at different link distances.
    Schematic of the transceiver. (a) Block diagram; (b) optical part prototype.
    Experimental setup.
    Eb/N0 and EVM versus ROP.
    Real-time bidirectional experimental setup. (a) Block diagram; (b) indoor ob2b experimental environment.
    Real-time 5 Gbps QPSK bidirectional BER performance.
    BER performance with different ADC bit-widths.
    • Table 1. Link Distances for Intraplane Satellite Links[21]

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      Table 1. Link Distances for Intraplane Satellite Links[21]

      ProjectIntraplane Link Distance
      Telesat5200 km
      SpaceX700 km
      OneWeb1200 km
    • Table 2. Link Parameters

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      Table 2. Link Parameters

      ParameterValue
      Wavelength1550 nm
      Tx & Rx aperture diameter8 cm[1]
      Pointing accuracy2.0 µrad[1]
      Tx power1 W[1]
      Tx & Rx optical system efficiency0.5
    • Table 3. Experimental Parameters

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      Table 3. Experimental Parameters

      ParameterValue
      Wavelength1540.56 nm (uplink)
      1563.05 nm (downlink)
      Data rate5 Gbps QPSK
      Tx & Rx ECL power10 dBm
      Tx & Rx ECL linewidth10 kHz
      Code patternPRBS15
      EDFA NF4 dB
      ADC sampling rate10 GSa/s
      ADC bit-width8-bit
    • Table 4. Performance of Different Published Real-Time FSO Coherent Transceivers

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      Table 4. Performance of Different Published Real-Time FSO Coherent Transceivers

      StructureModulationData RateSensitivityPPBDACOPLLReference
      HomodyneBPSK1 Gbps−59.2 dBm9.89 dBNoYes[23]
      HomodyneBPSK5.625 Gbps≈−43 dBm18.39 dBNoYes[24]
      AutodyneDPSK2.88 Gbps≈−52 dBm12.30 dBNoNo[25]
      IntradyneDP-QPSK10 Gbps−37.2 dBm21.76 dBYesNo[26]
      HeterodyneQPSK5 Gbps−49 dBm12.9 dBNoNoThis work
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    Yuanzhe Qu, Qianwu Zhang, Yanyi Wang, Yanhao Chen, Lewei Gong, Ziyue Liu, Junjie Zhang, Yingchun Li, Jian Chen, Yingxiong Song, "Simple real-time high-sensitivity heterodyne coherent optical transceiver at intraplane satellite communication," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 030601 (2024)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Sep. 27, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 4, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 22, 2024

    The Author Email: Qianwu Zhang (zhangqianwu@shu.edu.cn), Yingxiong Song (herosf@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202422.030601

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.030601

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