RECEIVER SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY IMPULSIVE CODING

Authors
BOIVIN L NUSS MC SHAH J MILLER DAB HAUS HA
Citation
L. Boivin et al., RECEIVER SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY IMPULSIVE CODING, IEEE photonics technology letters, 9(5), 1997, pp. 684-686
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
9
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
684 - 686
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1997)9:5<684:RSIBIC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We show that optical receivers operated impulsively are more sensitive than for nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) operation. Impulsive sensitivity imp rovements of 5.8 and 4.7 dB are measured for two pin-FET receivers usi ng a modelocked laser transmitter, and compared to theoretical express ions for the NRZ and impulsive Q-factors. We also show that the optimu m detection bandwidth for impulsive coding is larger than for NRZ, in contrast to previous models.