Title :
BER improvement for RZ-DPSK receivers using saturated asymmetric filtering
Author :
Chaouch, Hacene ; Parsons, Earl ; Kueppers, Franko
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We present a new enhanced receiver for noise degraded RZ-DPSK signals. A highly saturated SOA and a detuned filter are used. An error free detection for an 8×10-6 input BER is demonstrated.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; error statistics; filtering theory; optical receivers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; BER improvement; RZ-DPSK receivers; detuned filter; error free detection; saturated SOA; saturated asymmetric filtering; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
