Sensitivity of Balanced Receivers for Polarization Shift Keying in Free-Space Optical Communications

Konferenz: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
20.09.2009 - 24.09.2009 in Vienna, Austria

Tagungsband: ECOC 2009

Seiten: 2Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Fidler, F.; Grosinger, J.; Leeb, W. R. (Institute of Communications and Radio-Frequency Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstrasse 25/389, 1040 Vienna, Austria)

Inhalt:
Polarization modulation is a robust and efficient format for optical free-space communications. We study the sensitivity of real-world balanced receivers, including possible atmospheric effects on the state-of-polarization.