Title :
Four-port homodyne receiver for optical fibre communications comprising phase and polarisation diversities
Author :
Okoshi, Tadashi ; Cheng, Y.H.
Author_Institution :
University of Tokyo, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A new four-port homodyne receiver for optical fibre communications is proposed and studied experimentally. It comprises phase-and polarisation-diversity schemes, removing the need for phase locking and polarisation control. The bit-error-rate measurement is also reported.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; receivers; bit-error-rate measurement; four-port homodyne receiver; optical fibre communications; phase diversity scheme; polarisation-diversity schemes;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870276
