• DocumentCode
    3566440
  • Title

    Statistical characterization of bit patterning in SOAs: BER prediction and experimental validation

  • Author

    Ghazisaeidi, Amirhossein ; Vacondio, Francesco ; Bononi, Alberto ; Rusch, Leslie Ann

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present a novel simulation tool for optical systems employing in-line nonlinear SOAs, able to correctly estimate the bit error rate even in the presence of significant SOA-induced intersymbol interference.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; intersymbol interference; semiconductor optical amplifiers; BER prediction; SOA-induced intersymbol interference; bit error rate; bit patterning; optical systems; statistical characterization; Bit error rate; Computational modeling; Fiber nonlinear optics; Intersymbol interference; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032879