Title :
New formulae for calculating power penalties from interferometric crosstalk
Author :
Anderson, Trevor ; Dods, Sarah D.
Author_Institution :
Telstra Res. Labs., Australia
Abstract :
A new calculation method is presented for power penalties from incoherent crosstalk due to one or several interferers. Resulting formulae are given for thermal and ASE limited systems with optimised decision thresholds, including extinction ratio effects.
Keywords :
light interference; light interferometry; optical crosstalk; optical noise; optical receivers; optimisation; superradiance; ASE limited systems; bit-error rate; extinction ratio effects; interferometric crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optimised decision thresholds; power penalties; received photocurrent noise; receiver; thermal limited systems; Australia; Bit error rate; Equations; Laboratories; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Photoconductivity; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133988
