• DocumentCode
    879170
  • Title

    20 photon/bit 565 Mbit/s PSK homodyne receiver using synchronisation bits

  • Author

    Wandernoth, B.

  • Author_Institution
    German Aerosp. Res. Establ., Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    387
  • Lastpage
    388
  • Abstract
    The method for and results of a sensitivity measurement of a PSK homodyne receiver are presented. This receiver achieves phase locking of the local oscillator by means of synchronisation bits. The departure from an ideal receiver at the shot noise limit is 3.5 dB. For BER=10-9 only 20 photon/bit are required. This may be the highest sensitivity obtained to date with any optical communication system.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; phase shift keying; receivers; 565 Mbit/s; BER; PSK homodyne receiver; local oscillator; optical communication system; phase locking; sensitivity measurement; shot noise limit; synchronisation bits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920242
  • Filename
    126381
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=879170