• DocumentCode
    274598
  • Title

    SAM RAPD direct detection optical feedback receiver operating below 500 photons/bit

  • Author

    Methley, S.G. ; Hunwicks, A.R. ; Bickers, L.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    11-15 Sep 1988
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Abstract
    An optical feedback receiver with zero front-end Johnson noise employing a III-V SAM RAPD was used to demonstrate a sensitivity of -70 dBm (BER 10-6 at 1550 nm and 2.048 Mb/s). Experiments were conducted over 350 km of single mode fibre
  • Keywords
    avalanche photodiodes; feedback; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; receivers; 1550 nm; 2.048 Mbit/s; 350 km; optical feedback receiver; sensitivity; separate absorption and multiplication reach-through avalanche photodiode; single mode fibre; zero front-end Johnson noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
  • Conference_Location
    Brighton
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    93660
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=274598