Ultimate sensitivity for optically preamplified direct-detected OFDM systems using spectrally matched optical filters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1764-1766

  Peng, Wei Ren ^a   Feng, Kai Ming ^b   Willner, Alan E ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)

Indexed keywords

OFDM SYSTEMS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL MODULATION; OPTICAL OFDM; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; OPTICALLY PREAMPLIFIED RECEIVER; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION; PASS BANDS; SIGNAL SPECTRUM;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATION; MATCHED FILTERS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 74549147282     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2032934     Document Type: Article

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