• DocumentCode
    2924552
  • Title

    Optimisation of the duty-cycle of RZ signals in optically preamplified receivers with arbitrary optical filtering

  • Author

    Rebola, João ; Cartaxo, Adolfo V T

  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    10-14 Nov. 2002
  • Firstpage
    780
  • Abstract
    We show that the return-to-zero (RZ) sensitivity gain over non-RZ in optically preamplified receivers can be improved and exceeds 3 dB by reducing the duty-cycle. However, no further improvement is obtained for duty-cycles smaller than 33%.
  • Keywords
    optical filters; optical receivers; optimisation; sensitivity; RZ signal duty signal optimisation; arbitrary optical filtering; direct detection optically preamplified receivers; optically preamplified receivers; return-to-zero sensitivity gain; Bandwidth; Extinction ratio; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Pulse modulation; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7500-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159539
  • Filename
    1159539