We present measurements performed at a data rate of 10 Gb/s to experimentally verify these theoretical results. In the case of RZ coding we reached a sensitivity of 52 photons per bit (ppb) at a bit-error ratio BER = 10/sup -9/, which is about 1.4dB above the quantum limit. To the best of our knowledge, at 10Gb/s, this result is the best previously reported sensitivity for optically preamplified on-off-keying (OOK). The (N)RZ transmitter consisted of a DFB laser with an integrated electroabsorption modulator.


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    Title :

    Experimental verification of optimum filter bandwidths in direct-detection (N)RZ receivers limited by optical noise


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    Publication date :

    2001-01-01


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    197051 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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