PSK homodyne receiver sensitivity measurements at 1.5 μm
PSK homodyne receiver sensitivity measurements at 1.5 μm
- Author(s): D.J. Malyon ; T.G. Hodgkinson ; D.W. Smith ; R.C. Booth ; B.E. Daymond-John
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19830102
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- Author(s): D.J. Malyon 1 ; T.G. Hodgkinson 1 ; D.W. Smith 1 ; R.C. Booth 1 ; B.E. Daymond-John 1
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1: British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
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1: British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
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Volume 19, Issue 4,
17 February 1983,
p.
144 – 146
DOI: 10.1049/el:19830102 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Measurements of the receiver sensitivity for an experimental optical PSK homodyne system, operating at 140 Mbit/s and at a wavelength of 1.52 μm, have given a 19 dB sensitivity improvement over direct detection, and at −64 dBm is approximately 2 dB away from the theoretically predicted value.
Inspec keywords: optical links; receivers; phase shift keying; digital communication systems; optical communication equipment; sensitivity analysis
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Subjects: Optical waveguides; Optical communication
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