Title :
Performance comparison of ASK polarisation diversity and standard coherent optical heterodyne receivers
Author :
Hodgkinson, T.G. ; Hanman, R.A. ; Smith, D.W.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom. Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
1/7/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
70 Mbit/s bit-error-rate measurements for standard and polarisation diversity receivers using square-law IF demodulation are compared and the latter is shown to be 2 dB worse as a result of increased binary `O´ noise
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; digital communication systems; diversity reception; error statistics; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; 70 Mbit/s; ASK polarisation diversity; BER; bit-error-rate measurements; performance comparison; polarisation diversity receivers; square-law IF demodulation; standard coherent optical heterodyne receivers; standard diversity receivers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
