Free-space optical transmission of multimedia satellite datastreams using mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers |
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| Authors: | Martini R Bethea C Capasso F Gmachl C Paiella R Whittaker EA Hwang HY Sivco DL Baillargeon JN Cho AY |
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| Institution: | Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ; |
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| Abstract: | Experimental results for an optical free-space high-speed link using direct modulated mid-infrared (λ = 8.1 μm) quantum cascade lasers are presented. A total of 800 digitally encoded multimedia channels were transmitted. The reliability of the system against weather influence (fog) was experimentally compared to that of a near-infrared (λ = 0.85 μm) link |
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