Title :
Performance improvements of photonic lantern based coherent receivers
Author :
Ozdur, Ibrahim ; Toliver, Paul ; Woodward, T.K.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Commun. Sci., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
In this work, the signal-to-noise ratio improvement of photonic lantern-based coherent receivers over single-mode coherent receivers is demonstrated. The signal-to-noise ratio is improved by a factor of 2.8 when other parameters kept constant.
Keywords :
optical receivers; coherent receivers; performance improvements; photonic lantern; signal-to-noise ratio improvement; single-mode coherent receivers; Coherence; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995401
