• DocumentCode
    1891030
  • Title

    Sensitivity of balanced receivers for polarization shift keying in free-space optical communications

  • Author

    Fidler, F. ; Grosinger, J. ; Leeb, W.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Commun. & Radio-Freq. Eng., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Polarization modulation is a robust and efficient format for optical free-space communications. We study the sensitivity of real-world balanced receivers, including possible atmospheric effects on the state-of-polarization.
  • Keywords
    optical communication; optical links; optical receivers; phase shift keying; atmospheric effects; balanced receivers; free-space optical communications; polarization modulation; polarization shift keying; real-world balanced receivers; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Polarization shift keying; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5287397