Title :
Performance of high-rate high-sensitivity optical communications with forward error correction coding
Author :
Caplan, D.O. ; Gottschalk, J.C. ; Murphy, R.J. ; Spellmeyer, N.W. ; Stevens, M.L. ; Beling, A.M.D.
Abstract :
High-sensitivity optical communications with coding is investigated experimentally to explore performance limits in the low photon-per-bit regime. Receiver sensitivities of 11 and 16 photons-per-bit at bit-error-rate are demonstrated for OOK and DPSK at 1OGbps
Keywords :
Bit error rate; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Forward error correction; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
