Polarization diversity detection performance of 2.5-Gb/s CPFSK regenerators intended for field use

2.5-Gb/s continuous-phase frequency-shift keying (CPFSK) regenerators are studied in laboratory and field experiments. A polarization diversity receiver is constructed with newly designed automatic gain and automatic frequency controllers. It achieves a sensitivity fluctuation of about 0.5 dB against all input signal polarization states. The automatic gain control is used in the intermediate-frequency circuits of the receiver and stably operates over 15 dB of input signal power variation. The automatic frequency control (AFC) is sufficiently stable to withstand a 30-kHz input signal polarization variation between two orthogonal linear polarization modes. AFC stability is maintained even if the environmental temperature of the laser diode modules fluctuates from 15 to 35 C. The polarization fluctuation in both cases results in only 0.1-dB degradation in receiver sensitivity. >

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