DocumentCode
1139923
Title
The Effect of Spectral Shape on the Probability of Error in Laser Binary Communication Systems
Author
Lachs, Gerard ; Ruggieri, Neil F.
Author_Institution
Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa. 16801
Issue
6
fYear
1973
Firstpage
860
Lastpage
863
Abstract
The effect of spectral bandwidth and spectral shape upon laser binary communication systems is investigated. The probability of error is plotted as a function of bandwidth for Lorentzian and Gaussian shaped spectra. The results show that even when the average noise power and the signal-to-noise ratio are held constant, the probability of error varies considerably as a function of spectral bandwidth.
Keywords
Background noise; Bandwidth; Error analysis; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser radar; Optical filters; Spectral shape; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1973.309660
Filename
4103231
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