Title :
SAM RAPD direct detection optical feedback receiver operating below 500 photons/bit
Author :
Methley, S.G. ; Hunwicks, A.R. ; Bickers, L.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
An optical feedback receiver with zero front-end Johnson noise employing a III-V SAM RAPD was used to demonstrate a sensitivity of -70 dBm (BER 10-6 at 1550 nm and 2.048 Mb/s). Experiments were conducted over 350 km of single mode fibre
Keywords :
avalanche photodiodes; feedback; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; receivers; 1550 nm; 2.048 Mbit/s; 350 km; optical feedback receiver; sensitivity; separate absorption and multiplication reach-through avalanche photodiode; single mode fibre; zero front-end Johnson noise;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
