Title :
Error probabilities for wavelength-shift-keyed optical communications
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusettes Univ., Amherst, MA
fDate :
11/10/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Probability of bit error for a binary wavelength-shift-keyed (BWSK) optical communication system with avalanche photodetectors (APDs) and Gaussian noise is evaluated via the saddle-point approximation method. The results are compared to that of the on-off-keyed (OOK) system
Keywords :
avalanche photodiodes; digital communication systems; error statistics; optical links; probability; random noise; APDs; Gaussian noise; avalanche photodetectors; binary BWSK system; digital transmission; optical communications; saddle-point approximation method; wavelength-shift-keyed;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
