EVALUATION OF FIBER-OPTIC ERROR RATES USING A NORMALIZING TRANSFORM.

PAUL R. PRUCNAL, BAHAA E.A. SALEH

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Abstract

A NEW APPROXIMATE TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF DIGITAL FIBER-OPTIC SYSTEMS EMPLOYING IN AVALANCHE PHOTODIODERECEIVER IS PRESENTED. THE ESSENCE OF THE NEW TECHNIQUE IS A POINT TRANSFORMATION, THE NORMALIZING TRANSFORM, WHICH CONVERTS THE SIGNAL-DEPENDENT NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH PHOTODETECTION AND AVALANCHE GAIN FLUCTUATIONS INTO SIGNAL-INDEPENDENT NOISE. THE NEW TECHNIQUE IS AS SIMPLE AS A GAUSSIAN APPROXIMATION YET IS MORE ACCURATE.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1171-1178
Number of pages8
JournalJ OPT SOC AM
VolumeV 72
Issue numberN 9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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