Title :
Performance modeling of a planar waveguide based spectral encoding system
Author :
Babich, Cooper D. ; Young, James F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
A planar waveguide based encoder/decoder system that produces and correlates N-bit complementary spectral codes was modeled to identify the key optical parameters affecting performance. The model is described and tolerances for the key parameters are presented
Keywords :
code division multiple access; decoding; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical planar waveguides; CDMA; N-bit complementary spectral codes; encoder/decoder system; key optical parameters; performance modeling; planar waveguide based spectral encoding system; tolerances; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Autocorrelation; Decoding; Encoding; Multiaccess communication; Optical attenuators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Passband; Planar waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811829
