High-sensitivity DPSK receiver for high-bandwidth free-space optical communication links

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10789-10796

  Juarez, Juan C ^a   Young, David W ^a   Sluz, Joseph E ^a   Stotts, Larry B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEMS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; REED-SOLOMON CODES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

10 GBPS; AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROLLER; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; DYNAMIC NATURE; DYNAMIC RANGE; FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION SYSTEMS; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL LINK; HIGH BANDWIDTH; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; LINK MARGIN; LOW NOISE; REED SOLOMON; RETURN-TO-ZERO;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79957622859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010789     Document Type: Article

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