• DocumentCode
    1440262
  • Title

    Effect of optical amplifier bandwidth on receiver sensitivity

  • Author

    Jacobs, Ira

  • Author_Institution
    Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng. Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    10/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1863
  • Lastpage
    1864
  • Abstract
    For a binary fiber-optic communication system in which an optical preamplifier is used, and for which the amplifier bandwidth (B) is large compared to the bit rate (1/T), it is shown that the minimum number of photons per bit required to achieve an error probability Pe=10-9 is given by 36+6√BT. This generalizes a result of P.S. Henry (1989) who showed that if the amplifier bandwidth is matched to the signal bandwidth, the sensitivity is 38 photons/bit
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; optical communication equipment; receivers; sensitivity; binary fiber-optic communication system; bit rate; error probability; optical amplifier bandwidth; optical preamplifier; receiver sensitivity; signal bandwidth; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Preamplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/26.61457
  • Filename
    61457
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1440262