Title :
Intensity noise mitigation in SAC OCDMA systems using a divided spectrum balanced detection scheme
Author :
Alhassan, Ahmed M. ; Badruddin, Nasreen ; Saad, N.M. ; Aljunid, S.A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Electron. Eng. Dept., Univ. Teknol. PETRONAS (UTP), Tronoh, Malaysia
Abstract :
We propose the use of a divided spectrum balanced detection (DSBD) to reduce the intensity noise in spectral amplitude coding (SAC) OCDMA systems. Simulation results show several order of magnitude improvements in bit error rate (BER) compared to the conventional balanced detection.
Keywords :
code division multiple access; error statistics; interference suppression; optical noise; DSBD; SAC OCDMA systems; bit error rate; divided spectrum balanced detection; intensity noise mitigation; intensity noise reduction; spectral amplitude coding; Bit error rate; Decoding; Fiber gratings; Noise; Optical fiber filters; Photodiodes;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656667
