Coherent optical homodyne receiver performance with an iron-doped indium phosphide photorefractive beam combiner

Frederic M. Davidson; Christopher T. Field; Xiaoli Sun

doi:10.1117/12.59286

9 June 1992 Coherent optical homodyne receiver performance with an iron-doped indium phosphide photorefractive beam combiner

Frederic M. Davidson, Christopher T. Field, Xiaoli Sun

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Proceedings Volume 1635, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies IV; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59286
Event: OE/LASE '92, 1992, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Performance measurements are reported of a coherent homodyne optical communication receiver that contained an iron doped indium phosphide photorefractive beam combiner, rather than a conventional optical beam splitter. The system attained a bit error probability of 10 exp -6 at received signal powers corresponding to less than 100 detected photons per bit. The system used phase modulated Nd:YAG laser light at a wavelength of 1.06 micron.

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Frederic M. Davidson, Christopher T. Field, and Xiaoli Sun "Coherent optical homodyne receiver performance with an iron-doped indium phosphide photorefractive beam combiner", Proc. SPIE 1635, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies IV, (9 June 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59286

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