• DocumentCode
    398973
  • Title

    Experimental investigation of receiver sensitivity of RZ-DQPSK modulation using balanced detection

  • Author

    Wree, C. ; Leibrich, J. ; Eick, J. ; Rosenkranz, W. ; Mohr, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Kiel Univ., Germany
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    456
  • Abstract
    We investigate experimentally the power penalty obtained by doubling the data rate from 10 Gb/s using RZ-DPSK modulation format to 20 Gb/s using RZ-DQPSK modulation format. The measurement results confirm theoretical limits and compare balanced and single-ended detection.
  • Keywords
    differential phase shift keying; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical variables measurement; quadrature phase shift keying; 10 Gbits/s; 20 Gbits/s; DPSK modulation; DQPSK modulation; balanced detection; data rate doubling; power penalty; receiver sensitivity; return-to-zero; single-ended detection; Frequency synchronization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248337
  • Filename
    1248337