High-performance coherent optical communication system

  • B. Glance
  • , L. D. Tzeng
  • , T. L. Koch
  • , O. Scaramucci
  • , K. C. Reichmann
  • , U. Koren

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Abstract

The letter reports a high-performance FSK coherent optical communication system operating at 200Mbit/s at a wavelength of 1-53 /im. The received optical power needed to obtain a BER of 109 is equal to - 57-2 dBm or 74photons/bit, which is 1-7 dB from the shot noise limit. The result is obtained using monolithic frequency-tunable lasers and a high-sensitivity balanced photoreceiver.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)932-933
Number of pages2
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume25
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 6 1989
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • FSK
  • Optical communications
  • Optical receivers
  • Semiconductor lasers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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