Abstract
We propose a simple approach to improve the receiver sensitivity in a line-of-sight optical channel using a delayed-diversified pulse-position-modulation scheme. A 5-dB sensitivity improvement is achieved over the conventional RZ-OOK scheme in the presence of atmospheric turbulence.
© 2007 Optical Society of America
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