Demonstration of 42.7-Gb/s DPSK receiver with 45 photons/bit sensitivity

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-101

  Gnauck, A H ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^a   Leuthold, J ^a   Stulz, L ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Modulation formats; Optical fiber communications; Return to zero (RZ); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DEMODULATORS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFT KEYING RECEIVER; ELECTRONIC DEMULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; OPTICALLY PREAMPLIFIED RECEIVER;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0037249708     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.805773     Document Type: Article

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