Receiver sensitivity improvement by impulsive coding

被引:25
作者
Boivin, L [1 ]
Nuss, MC [1 ]
Shah, J [1 ]
Miller, DAB [1 ]
Haus, HA [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
optical communication; optical receivers; ultrafast lasers;
D O I
10.1109/68.588209
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We show that optical receivers operated impulsively are more sensitive than for nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) operation. Impulsive sensitivity improvements of 5.8 and 4.7 dB are measured for two pin-FET receivers using a modelocked laser transmitter, and compared to theoretical expressions for the NRZ and impulsive Q-factors. We also show that the optimum detection bandwidth for impulsive coding is larger than for NRZ, in contrast to previous models.
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页码:684 / 686
页数:3
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