DocumentCode
1397175
Title
Influence of IF-filtering on bit error rate floor in coherent optical DPSK-systems
Author
Patzak, E. ; Meissner, P.
Author_Institution
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. GmbH, Berlin, West Germany
Volume
135
Issue
5
fYear
1988
fDate
10/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
355
Lastpage
358
Abstract
The authors investigate the influence of IF-filtering on the bit error rate floor in optical DPSK-systems; this influence is usually neglected. They show that the IF-filtering leads to a reduction of the error rate floor, so that the linewidth requirements are reduced by a factor of 0.68
Keywords
optical links; optical modulation; phase shift keying; signal detection; spatial filters; IF-filtering; bit error rate floor; coherent optical DPSK-systems; delay phase shift keying;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings J
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0267-3932
Type
jour
Filename
6878
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