• DocumentCode
    1123229
  • Title

    The Effect of Pulse Shape and Duty Cycle on Laser Binary Communication Systems

  • Author

    Lachs, Gerard ; Quarato, James A.

  • Author_Institution
    The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa. 16802
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    3/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    266
  • Lastpage
    270
  • Abstract
    The result of an investigation of the effects of pulse shape and duty cycle on the probability of error are presented for a pulse-gated binary modulation (PGBM) laser communication system when the background irradiance has the important Lorentzian spectral shape.
  • Keywords
    Chaotic communication; Detectors; Laser modes; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Signal to noise ratio; Spectral shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1975.308066
  • Filename
    4101395