Paper 13355-100
Paper 13355-100
400-Gb/s Mode Division Multiplexing-Based Bidirectional Free Space Optical Communication in Real-Time with Commercial Transponders
28 January 2025 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST | Moscone West, Room 2003 (Level 2)
Abstract
In this work, for the first time, we experimentally demonstrate mode division multiplexing-based bidirectional free space optical communication in real-time using commercial transponders. As proof of concept, via bidirectional pairs of Hermite-Gaussian modes (HG00, HG01, and HG10), using Telecom-Infra-Project-compliant Phoenix commercial 400G open transponders, 400 Gb/s data signals (56 Gbaud, DP-16QAM) are bidirectionally transmitted error free, i.e., with less than 1e-2 pre-FEC BERs, over approximately 1-m.
Presenter
NEC Labs. America, Inc. (United States)
Dr. Giovanni Milione is a Senior Researcher & Business Incubation Lead in the Optical Networking & Sensing Department at NEC Laboratories America, Inc. in Princeton, NJ. His research includes optical fiber communication, free space optical communication, and optical fiber sensing, He received his B.S. in Physics from Stony Brook University, and M.S., M.Phil, and Ph.D in Physics from CUNY Graduate Center and the City College of New York.