An optical PSK homodyne transmission experiment using 1320 nm diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers

Author

Atlas, D.A. ; Kazovsky, L.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA

Volume

2

Issue

5

fYear

1990

fDate

5/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

367

Lastpage

370

Abstract

A second-order optical phase-locked loop was constructed using 1320-nm diode-pumped miniature Nd:YAG ring lasers. Using the loop, a 140-Mb/s PSK homodyne transmission experiment was demonstrated over 28.6 km of single-mode fiber. With a loop natural frequency of 13 kHz and a damping factor of 0.6, the receiver sensitivity was -62.8 dBm, or 25 photons/bit. The authors believe this is the highest sensitivity obtained to date with any optical communication system.<>

Keywords

neodymium; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical modulation; phase shift keying; ring lasers; solid lasers; 13 kHz; 1320 nm; 140 Mbit/s; 28.6 km; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; damping factor; diode-pumped; loop natural frequency; optical PSK homodyne transmission experiment; optical communication system; receiver sensitivity; ring lasers; second-order optical phase-locked loop; single-mode fiber; Damping; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Frequency locked loops; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Phase locked loops; Phase shift keying; Ring lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.54708

Filename

54708