Equivalent low-pass model for OTDM receivers

Author

Randel, Sebastian ; Fischer, Johannes K. ; De Melo, Alessandro Marques ; Petermann, Klaus

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1070

Lastpage

1072

Abstract

The performance of optical time-division-multiplex (OTDM) receivers is analyzed. It is shown that an OTDM receiver can be described by an equivalent electrical time-division-multiplex receiver. Using this model, exact photocurrent statistics are calculated. The influence of the switching window shape on the required optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR_req) and the integrated contrast ratio is analyzed.

Keywords

low-pass filters; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optical switches; photoconductivity; time division multiplexing; OTDM receiver; electrical time-division-multiplex receiver; integrated contrast ratio; low-pass model; optical time-division-multiplex receiver; photocurrent statistics; required optical signal-to-noise ratio; switching window; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Signal to noise ratio; Demultiplexing; optical fiber communication; optical receivers; photodetectors; time-division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.845779

Filename

1424103