VCSEL-based gigabit IR-UWB link for converged communication and sensing applications in optical metro-access networks

Tien Thang Pham; Timothy Braidwood Gibbon; Idelfonso  Tafur Monroy

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2012.06.087

VCSEL-based gigabit IR-UWB link for converged communication and sensing applications in optical metro-access networks

Tien Thang Pham, Timothy Braidwood Gibbon, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy

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We report on experimental demonstration of an impulse radio ultrawideband (IR-UWB) based converged communication and sensing system. A 1550-nm VCSEL-generated IR-UWB signal is used for 2-Gbps wireless data distribution over 800-m and 50-km single mode fiber links which present short-range in-building and long-reach access network applications. The IR-UWB signal is also used to simultaneously measure the rotational speed of a blade spinning between 18 and 30 Hz. To the best of our knowledge, this is the very first demonstration of a simultaneous gigabit UWB telecommunication and wireless UWB sensing application, paving the way forward for the development and deployment of converged UWB VCSEL-based technologies in access and in-building networks of the future.

Original language	English
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	285
Issue number	24
Pages (from-to)	5068-5072
ISSN	0030-4018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2012.06.087
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)
Ultrawide band (UWB)
Radio over fiber (RoF)
Sensing

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VCSEL-based gigabit IR-UWB link for converged communication and sensing applications in optical metro-access networks

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