Title :
Effect of optical amplifier bandwidth on receiver sensitivity
Author_Institution :
Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng. Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
For a binary fiber-optic communication system in which an optical preamplifier is used, and for which the amplifier bandwidth (B) is large compared to the bit rate (1/T), it is shown that the minimum number of photons per bit required to achieve an error probability Pe=10-9 is given by 36+6√BT. This generalizes a result of P.S. Henry (1989) who showed that if the amplifier bandwidth is matched to the signal bandwidth, the sensitivity is 38 photons/bit
Keywords :
amplifiers; optical communication equipment; receivers; sensitivity; binary fiber-optic communication system; bit rate; error probability; optical amplifier bandwidth; optical preamplifier; receiver sensitivity; signal bandwidth; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Preamplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
