The performance of subcarrier multiplexed coherent systems is compared theoretically using optical intensity and phase modulators. The results show that a subcarrier multiplexed coherent system with a symmetrical optical intensity modulator can offer a receiver sensitivity improvement as high as 9.1 dB over that with an optical phase modulator.
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