• DocumentCode
    1289076
  • Title

    Performance comparison of ASK polarisation diversity and standard coherent optical heterodyne receivers

  • Author

    Hodgkinson, T.G. ; Hanman, R.A. ; Smith, D.W.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom. Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    1/7/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    59
  • Abstract
    70 Mbit/s bit-error-rate measurements for standard and polarisation diversity receivers using square-law IF demodulation are compared and the latter is shown to be 2 dB worse as a result of increased binary `O´ noise
  • Keywords
    amplitude modulation; digital communication systems; diversity reception; error statistics; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; 70 Mbit/s; ASK polarisation diversity; BER; bit-error-rate measurements; performance comparison; polarisation diversity receivers; square-law IF demodulation; standard coherent optical heterodyne receivers; standard diversity receivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    8162
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1289076