• DocumentCode
    1036764
  • Title

    Optical FSK transmission system using a phase-diversity receiver

  • Author

    Pettitt, M.J. ; Remedios, D. ; Davis, A.W. ; Hadjifotiou, A. ; Wright, S.

  • Author_Institution
    STC Technology Ltd., Harlow, UK
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    1075
  • Lastpage
    1076
  • Abstract
    A coherent optical transmission system has been demonstrated using commercial DFB lasers as both transmitter and local oscillator. A receiver sensitivity of ¿51.8dBm was measured at a data rate of 140Mbit/s. The system employs FSK modulation and a three-port, phase-diversity receiver. The effect of source linewidth on receiver bandwidth requirements has been examined.
  • Keywords
    data communication systems; digital communication systems; diversity reception; frequency shift keying; optical fibres; optical links; 140 Mbit/s; FSK modulation; coherent optical transmission system; commercial DFB lasers; frequency shift keying; local oscillator; megabit data rate; optical fibre links; phase-diversity receiver; receiver bandwidth requirements; source linewidth; three-port receiver; transmitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870751
  • Filename
    4258988