Title :
Experimental assessment of a 140 Mbit/s coherent optical receiver at 1.52 ¿m
Author :
Hodgkinson, T.G. ; Wyatt, R. ; Smith, D.W.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
Homodyne detection has given a 10 dB improvement in receiver sensitivity over direct detection at a wavelength of 1.52 ¿m and a data rate of 140 Mbit/s. This result was achieved with a local oscillator power of only ¿32 dBm.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; receivers; 140 Mbit/s coherent optical receiver; homodyne detection; local oscillator power; optical communication equipment; receiver sensitivity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820355
