Digital optical receiver output voltage probability distribution including gain statistics of an avalanche photodiode

Author

Walklin, S.S. ; Cormack, G.D.

Author_Institution

TRLabs, Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

19-21 May 1993

Firstpage

761

Abstract

A numerical method is described for obtaining the non-Gaussian probability distribution of the voltage at the output of a digital optical receiver which accounts for the gain statistics of a uniformly multiplying avalanche photodiode (APD), as well as a specified bit rate, symbol shape, and receiver impulse response. The method involves taking the inverse discrete Fourier transform of the characteristic function for the output voltage

Keywords

Poisson distribution; avalanche photodiodes; digital communication; discrete Fourier transforms; inverse problems; numerical analysis; optical receivers; semiconductor device noise; shot noise; transient response; APD; characteristic function; digital optical receiver; gain statistics; inverse discrete Fourier transform; non-Gaussian probability distribution; output voltage probability distribution; receiver impulse response; uniformly multiplying avalanche photodiode; Avalanche photodiodes; Bit rate; Electrons; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Poisson equations; Probability distribution; Shape; Statistical distributions; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1993., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0971-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.1993.407250

Filename

407250