Title : 
Sensitivity bound for optically-preamplified direct-detected OFDM systems using spectrally matched filters
         
        
            Author : 
Peng, Wei-Ren ; Feng, Kai-Ming ; Willner, Alan E. ; Chi, Sien
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We investigate the sensitivity bound, in terms of OSNR, for direct-detected OFDM systems in presence of optically-preamplified receivers, and show that OSNR requirement for DD-OFDM could theoretically reach that of CO-OFDM using the spectrally matched filters.
         
        
            Keywords : 
OFDM modulation; optical filters; optical modulation; optical receivers; optically-preamplified direct-detected OFDM systems; optically-preamplified receivers; sensitivity bound; spectrally matched filters; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Matched filters; OFDM; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Signal to noise ratio;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Belek-Antalya
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-3680-4
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
1092-8081
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343369