Title :
Rigorous assessment of performance degradation caused by optical filter detuning in optically preamplified receivers
Author :
Rebola, J.L. ; Cartaxo, A.V.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electr. & Comput. Eng., Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
The performance degradation caused by optical filter detuning is rigorously assessed for several optical filters with -3 dB bandwidths similar to the bit rate, and penalties of 4.5 dB are found for detunings of half bit rate.
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; interference filters; optical crosstalk; optical noise; optical receivers; Gaussian approximation; WDM; crosstalk; double-cavity Fabry-Perot filters; exact method; half bit rate; moment generating function; optical filter detuning; optically preamplified receivers; performance degradation; receiver sensitivity; saddlepoint approximation; single-cavity Fabry-Perot filters; uniform Bragg grating; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Degradation; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical receivers; System performance; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970961
