DocumentCode
854854
Title
Impact of reflections on phase-diversity optical homodyne receivers
Author
Kazovsky, Leonid
Author_Institution
Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ
Volume
24
Issue
9
fYear
1988
fDate
4/28/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
522
Lastpage
524
Abstract
Reflections as small as -35 dB in the local oscillator path can cause deterioration in the performance of two-branch phase-diversity optical homodyne receivers, even when optical isolators protect the laser. The impact of reflections can be alleviated through the use of balanced receivers
Keywords
light reflection; optical communication equipment; receivers; balanced receivers; local oscillator path; optical isolators; phase-diversity optical homodyne receivers; reflections;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
19542
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