Title :
BER of optical communication system using fiber source
Author :
Nguyen, Lim ; Aazhang, Behnaam ; Young, James F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We analyze the bit-error rate (BER) of an optical communication system using the superfluorescent fiber source (SFS). The counting statistics of thermal light give improved performance relative to the Gaussian statistics that predict a BER floor. We consider a spectrum-sliced wavelength-division multiple access (WDMA) system that employs the SFS
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; error statistics; fluorescence; light sources; multi-access systems; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; photon counting; BER floor; Gaussian statistics; bit error rate; counting statistics; fiber source; optical communication system; performance; spectrum-sliced WDMA system; superfluorescent fiber source; thermal light; wavelength division multiple access; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Crosstalk; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber communication; Signal to noise ratio; Spectral shape; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Whistler, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2453-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1995.550467
