• DocumentCode
    1480946
  • Title

    Optical feedback receiver with sensitivity of -55.2 dBm at 8 Mbit/s

  • Author

    Hunter, C.A. ; Calton, R.L. ; Sadd, P.R. ; Walker, S.D.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    5/9/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    886
  • Lastpage
    887
  • Abstract
    An optical receiver operating at 1.55 mu m with optical feedback at 0.85 mu m has been proposed to extend bit rate operation beyond 2 Mbit/s. Results of sensitivity (10-9 BER) of -61.8 dBm at 2.048 Mbit/s, -55.2 dBm at 8.192 Mbit/s and -48.4 dBm at 34 Mbit/s are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    feedback; optical communication equipment; receivers; 0.85 micron; 1.55 micron; 2 to 34 Mbit/s; BER; bit rate operation; optical feedback; optical receiver; sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910555
  • Filename
    74987