BER analysis of low-rate communications through a single electro-optic R2 nonlinear regenerator

Author

Barry, R.A. ; Medard, Muriel

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

455

Lastpage

456

Abstract

Summary form only given. Recently, the benefits of electro-optic nonlinear untimed regeneration (R2) for bit-rate transparent lightwave OOK systems have been expounded. Here, we compare R1 (linear amplification), R2, and R3 (optimal DEMOD/MOD) in the presence of average white Gaussian noise (AWGN). We provide an approximate analysis and explain the difficulties in obtaining an exact solution.

Keywords

Gaussian noise; amplitude shift keying; electro-optical modulation; encoding; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical noise; optical repeaters; optimisation; BER analysis; R1 linear amplification; approximate analysis; average white Gaussian noise; bit-rate transparent lightwave OOK systems; electro-optic nonlinear untimed regeneration; exact solution; low-rate communications; optical modulation; optimal DEMOD; optimal demodulation; single electro-optic R2 nonlinear regenerator; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Multiaccess communication; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Radio transmitters; Repeaters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676491

Filename

676491