• DocumentCode
    1232560
  • Title

    Compact bulk optical 90 degrees hybrid for balanced phase diversity receivers

  • Author

    Langenhorst, R. ; Wenke, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin, GmbH, West Germany
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    1518
  • Lastpage
    1519
  • Abstract
    The authors describe a compact and stable bulk optical 90 degrees hybrid offering advantages as compared to fibre-optic realisations. The excess loss of the pigtailed hybrid is only 2.0 dB. The proper hybrid function has been proved in a self-heterodyne measurement set-up.
  • Keywords
    diversity reception; optical communication equipment; optical losses; receivers; 2 dB; balanced phase diversity receivers; compact bulk configuration; excess loss; optical 90 degrees hybrid; pigtailed hybrid;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19891019
  • Filename
    35172