Performance of optical bit rate limiters with pre- or post-optical amplification

Author

Razavi, Mohsen ; Salehi, Jawad A.

Volume

20

Issue

10

fYear

2002

fDate

10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1797

Lastpage

1804

Abstract

A communication system incorporating a bit rate limiter (BRL) device is analyzed using recently proposed statistical models for power splitters and combiners. We also consider the possible optical attenuation and amplification before and after BRL device. We obtain the total output moment generating function (MGF) of the number of photoelectrons at the receiver end for two possible synchronization procedures. Furthermore, we use saddle-point approximation method to evaluate the system performance considering the effects of shot-noise, thermal noise, and source extinction ratio.

Keywords

approximation theory; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; photon counting; shot noise; statistical analysis; synchronisation; thermal noise; communication system; optical amplification; optical attenuation; optical bit rate limiters; photoelectrons; post-optical amplification; power combiners; power splitters; pre-optical amplification; receiver end; saddle-point approximation; shot-noise; source extinction ratio; statistical models; synchronization procedures; thermal noise; total output moment generating function; Approximation methods; Bit rate; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Power system modeling; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2002.804033

Filename

1159234