Title :
Effect of laser phase noise on a class of bit-rate limiter
Author :
Tur, Moshe ; Goldstein, E.L. ; Brackett, C.A.
Author_Institution :
Tel-Aviv Univ.
fDate :
1/21/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Serious bit-error-rate limitations arise due to laser phase fluctuations in a class of all-fibre bit-rate limiters. Polarisation-sensitive error-rate floors exceeding 10-6 have been observed in the passbands of these devices when driven by intensity-modulated GaInAsP lasers using nonreturn-to-zero signalling and direct detection. A similar decline in performance is anticipated in other fibre systems containing multiple paths
Keywords :
error statistics; optical communication; optical fibres; semiconductor junction lasers; GaInAsP lasers; NRZ signals; bit-error-rate limitations; bit-rate limiter; class of all-fibre bit-rate limiters; direct detection; fibre systems containing multiple paths; intensity modulated lasers; laser phase fluctuations; laser phase noise; nonreturn-to-zero signalling; polarisation sensitive error rate floor;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
