Title :
Unpreamplified 10 Gb/s Heterodyne Detection of OOK and DPSK with Record Receiver Sensitivity
Author :
Wree, C. ; Becker, D. ; Mohr, D. ; Joshi, A.
Author_Institution :
Discovery Semiconductors; 119 Silvia Street, Ewing, NJ 08628, USA; cwree@chipsat.com
Abstract :
We report record sensitivities for heterodyne detection of 10 Gb/s OOK and DPSK at -31 dBm and -33 dBm, respectively. The results are achieved without using an optical amplifier.
Keywords :
Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Frequency; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Phase detection; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801271
