Title :
Bit error rate performance for optical fiber systems with modal noise
Author :
Chan, Peter ; Tjhung, Tjeng T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
fDate :
9/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A gamma distribution is used to model the received optical power fluctuation in a digital fiber-optic system affected by modal noise. New recursive formulas for the moments of the receiver output current are obtained which can be used in the Gauss quadrature rule (GQR) approximation of the error probability integral. Error rates have been calculated for varying degrees of modal noise disturbance
Keywords :
error analysis; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; random noise; receivers; Gauss quadrature rule approximation; bit error rate analysis; bit error rate performance; digital fiber-optic system; error probability integral; gamma distribution; modal noise; moments; optical fiber systems; received optical power fluctuation; receiver output current; recursive formulas; Bit error rate; Error analysis; Error probability; Fluctuations; Frequency; Low-frequency noise; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical propagation; Speckle;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
