• DocumentCode
    1116010
  • Title

    Recent progress in heterodyne/coherent optical-fiber communications

  • Author

    Okoshi, Takanori

  • Author_Institution
    University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    8/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    341
  • Lastpage
    346
  • Abstract
    Research and development of heterodyne/coherent optical-fiber communications are being accelerated because of the possibility of 20-30-dB receiver sensitivity improvement. In this paper, after brief descriptions of the history of the R & D and the classification of various techniques, recent achievements in the bit-error rate (BER) measurement of heterodyne/coherent systems are reviewed and compared with theory. The experimental systems described range from simple on-off-keying (PCM-PSK) heterodyne to sophisticated phase-shift keying (PCM-PSK) heterodyne or homodyne systems.
  • Keywords
    Heterodyning; Optical fiber communication; Phase-shift keying; Pulse-code modulation; Amplitude shift keying; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Envelope detectors; Optical fiber communication; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.1984.1073642
  • Filename
    1073642