• DocumentCode
    2861254
  • Title

    Demonstration of optical DPSK communication with 25 photons/bit receiver sensitivity

  • Author

    Caplan, D.O. ; Stevens, M.L. ; Carney, J.J. ; Murphy, R.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate optically-matched preamplified-DPSK communications at 2.5 Gbit/sec and 1557 nm wavelength, with uncoded sensitivities of 25 photons/bit at 10-9 bit-error-rate, falling less than 1 dB from quantum-limited theory.
  • Keywords
    differential phase shift keying; error statistics; optical communication; optical receivers; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; bit receiver sensitivity; bit-error-rate; optically-matched DPSK communications; preamplified-DPSK communications; quantum-limited theory; uncoded sensitivities; wavelength 1557 mum; Chirp; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.4080) Modulation; (060.4510) Optical communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627613
  • Filename
    4627613