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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 6, 1654(2025)

170 Gbps PDM underwater visible light communication utilizing a compact 5-λ laser transmitter and a reciprocal differential receiver

Zhilan Lu1, Zhenhao Li2, Xianhao Lin1, Jifan Cai1, Fujie Li1, Zengyi Xu1, Lai Wang2,5、*, Yingjun Zhou1, Chao Shen1, Junwen Zhang1, and Nan Chi1,3,4,6、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 2Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite Communication and Applications, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 4Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite Communication Technology, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 5e-mail: wanglai@tsinghua.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: nanchi@fudan.edu.cn
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    Zhilan Lu, Zhenhao Li, Xianhao Lin, Jifan Cai, Fujie Li, Zengyi Xu, Lai Wang, Yingjun Zhou, Chao Shen, Junwen Zhang, Nan Chi, "170 Gbps PDM underwater visible light communication utilizing a compact 5-λ laser transmitter and a reciprocal differential receiver," Photonics Res. 13, 1654 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Dec. 12, 2024

    Accepted: Mar. 31, 2025

    Published Online: May. 30, 2025

    The Author Email: Lai Wang (wanglai@tsinghua.edu.cn), Nan Chi (nanchi@fudan.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.551924

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.551924

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