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Theoretical analysis and experimental demonstration of gain switching for a PPM based UWOC system with picosecond pulses

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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 30, Issue 21, Pages 38663-38673

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Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/OE.470063

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China
  2. Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  3. [61971378]
  4. [XDA22030208]
  5. [2019C81081]

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The performance of gain switching on a PPM communication system is studied, and it is found that the main factor limiting the data rate is the time delay fluctuation of gain switching. This study demonstrates the use of gain-switched blue GaN-based laser diode in a high-order PPM based UWOC system for the first time.
Shortening pulse width can improve the power efficiency and data rate of a pulse position modulation (PPM) based underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) system at a fixed average optical power, which is more suitable for the energy-limited underwater environment. As a common method to generate short pulses, gain switching has the advantages of a tunable switching frequency and simple structure, facilitating the generation of high-order PPM signals. However, the output characteristics of electrical gain switching seriously affect the demodulation of PPM signals and limit the data rate. To study the performance of gain switching on a PPM communication system, simulation models of the semiconductor laser diode and the driving circuit are built to describe the generation of electrical and optical pulses. The pulse width, pulse peak value, and peak position of optical pulses are analyzed under different symbol durations and PPM orders. Furthermore, a 64-PPM/150-Mbps UWOC system with a 200-ps optical pulse width is demonstrated by using a gain-switched blue GaN-based laser diode in a water tank. The peak average power ratio (PAPR) is 19.5 dB. Via the statistical analysis of experiment results and the output characteristics of electrical gain switching, the main factor limiting the data rate attributes to the time delay fluctuation of gain switching. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that gain switching has been experimentally demonstrated and analyzed in a high-order PPM based UWOC system.

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