Key technologies in chaotic optical communications

Abstract

In this paper, the key technologies and research progress of chaotic optical communication are reviewed. We first discuss the chaos generation methods based on different nonlinear components. Then we focus on the frontiers of chaotic optical communications, including how to improve the security, and the development about the transmission capacity and distance of chaotic optical communication in laboratory and field. At last, we discuss limitations and potentials of chaotic optical communications and draw a conclusion.

Keywords

chaos / chaotic optical communications / security / capacity / time delay concealment

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2012CB315602), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61575122, 61322507 and 61132004).

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