• DocumentCode
    1400421
  • Title

    Bandwidth efficient transmission of 4 Gb/s on two microwave QPSK subcarriers over a 48 km optical link

  • Author

    Hill, Paul ; Olshansky, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    GTE Lab. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    7/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    510
  • Lastpage
    512
  • Abstract
    The use of two quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK)-modulated subcarriers over a wideband direct detection optical communications system with a RF bandwidth efficiency of 1 b/s/Hz is reported. It is shown that two subcarriers each carrying 2 Gb/s QPSK, compactly spaced at just twice the data rate, can achieve a receiver sensitivity of -19.5 dBm over 48 km without crosstalk between subcarriers. This represents a receiver sensitivity improvement of 5 dB over a 4-Gb/s single QPSK subcarrier system.<>
  • Keywords
    optical links; optical modulation; phase shift keying; receivers; sensitivity; 4 Gbit/s; 48 km; RF bandwidth efficiency; data rate; microwave QPSK subcarriers; optical link; quadrature phase shift keying; receiver sensitivity; wideband direct detection optical communications system; Bandwidth; FETs; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Quadrature phase shift keying; Stimulated emission; Time division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.56641
  • Filename
    56641