• DocumentCode
    852737
  • Title

    Optical heterodyne receiver providing random channel selection

  • Author

    Glance, B.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    1280
  • Lastpage
    1282
  • Abstract
    The authors describe a digitally tuned optical heterodyne receiver which can randomly access the channels of an FDM optical communication system. The receiver can identify missing channels, and is insensitive to variation of the LO laser frequency relative to the tuning current.
  • Keywords
    frequency division multiplexing; frequency shift keying; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; receivers; telecommunication channels; tuning; DBR lasers; FDM optical communication system; FSK; digital tuning; missing channel identification; optical fibre links; optical heterodyne receiver; random access; random channel selection; semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19890857
  • Filename
    46179
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=852737