Title :
Stabilisation of heterodyne receiver sensitivity with automatic polarisation control system
Author :
Honmou, H. ; Yamazaki, Shumpei ; Emura, Keita ; Ishikawa, Ryo ; Mito, I. ; Shikada, Masaaki ; Minemura, Kazuki
Author_Institution :
NEC Corporation, Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories, Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
A low-insertion-loss automatic optical fibre polarisation control system with low driving voltage and low monitoring power has achieved stabilisation of the receiver sensitivity within the fluctuation range of less than 0.4 dB in an optical FSK heterodyne 280 Mbit/s, 141 km transmission experiment.
Keywords :
digital communication systems; frequency shift keying; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; receivers; sensitivity; stability; 280 Mbit/s; FSK; automatic polarisation control system; digital transmission; frequency shift keying; heterodyne receiver sensitivity; low driving voltage; low monitoring power; low-insertion-loss; optical communication equipment; optical fibre; stabilisation; transmission experiment;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860809