Calculation of error probability in an optical communication channel in the presence of intersymbol interference,using a characteristic function method

In this paper the error rate of an optical channel is calculated. The channel considered consists of a laser or light emitting diode as the optical source and a glass fibre as transmission medium. The transmitted optical pulses are spread in the fibre causing intersymbol interference. The receiver is assumed to be an avalanche photodiode which is considered as a p-n junction and a random multiplier whose electron probability distribution function is known, and a filter. In calculating the probability of error, their characteristic functions are multiplied and the probability density function of all the noises put together is truncated to a finite interval and described in a trigonometric series form. The total characteristic function is related to the Fourier coefficients of the periodic probability density function, resulting in an expression that is then used, for a given bit rate, to determine the worst case and average probability of error as functions of transmitted power or signal-to-noise ratio, for different amounts of intersymbol interference.     

Low noise optical receiver with multi-octave bandwidth

Optical and Quantum Electronics - A new approach for the design and construction of low noise broadband optical receivers is presented utilizing distributed amplification based on hybrid integrated...     

A study of intersymbol interference and transmission medium instability for an optical fibre system

A simple model is used to evaluate the power penalty accruing from nearest neighbour Intersymbol Interference (ISI) in a digital optical communications system using an integrate- and -dump decision process. The results compare closely with those obtained by Personick in a frequency domain analysis. An analysis of the effects of drift in the transmission bandwidth in the cable and of imperfect equalization indicates a simple design criterion for a fixed equalizer link.     

Comparative study of classifiers to mitigate intersymbol interference in diffuse indoor optical wireless communication links

The maximum data rate that can be achieved in diffuse indoor optical wireless communication (OWC) is limited due to the effect of intersymbol interference (ISI). The adverse effect of ISI on the system performance can be minimised using a channel equaliser at the receiver. In this study, digital signal detection is formulated as a classification problem and hence a classifier is adopted at the receiver. The bit error performance of classifiers with non-linear decision boundary including a multilayer perceptron (MLP), a support vector machine (SVM), the radial basis function (RBF), and the Bayesian classifier is studied along with traditional equaliser and reported here. The MLP offers the best performance; however there is trade-off between the performance and complexity especially at highly diffuse channel.     

A simplified approach to digital optical receiver design

A simplified theory for the performance of a digital optical receiver is developed. The receiver sensitivity is calculated in terms of circuit parameters, received and equalized pulse shapes, photodiode parameters and bit-rate. An excellent agreement between this theory and a more complicated analysis by Personick [4] is demonstrated. It is shown that the receiver sensitivity may be improved by launching reduced-width pulses into the fibre, particularly if fibre bandwidth is a significant limitation. Reduced-width pulses bring benefits in source power consumption and lifetime, and in timing recovery.     

Illumination-angle-scanning digital interference holography for optical section imaging

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a new (to our knowledge) digital holographic method to reconstruct section images of objects with wavelength-dependent reflectivity. A number of holograms of an object are taken as the illumination angle of the laser beam with a specific wavelength is changed in regular intervals. The complex object fields reconstructed from the holograms are numerically superposed to show the image of a sliced section of the object, whose position and thickness can be chosen arbitrarily. By changing the wavelength of the illumination beam, wavelength-dependent section images can be obtained with our method.     

Wavelength-scanning digital interference holography for optical section imaging

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple digital holographic method that allows reconstruction of three-dimensional object images with a narrow depth of focus or axial resolution. A number of holograms are optically generated by use of different wavelengths spaced at regular intervals. The holograms are recorded on a digital camera and reconstructed numerically. Multiwavelength interference of the holograms results in images of the contour plane whose thickness can be made arbitrarily narrow. Objects at different distances from the hologram plane are imaged clearly and independently, with complete suppression of the out-of-focus images. The technique is available only in digital holography and should have useful applications in holographic microscopy.     

Random evolution and coherence degradation of a high-order optical soliton train in the presence of noise

The intrinsic evolution of a high-order soliton described by the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation is initiated by a self-four-wave mixing effect (or modulational instability) and recurs neatly every soliton period. We show that when there is noise such as amplified spontaneous emission, however, a high-order soliton evolves randomly and independently and is distorted because the evolution is initiated by noise. Thus the time and the frequency coherence of a soliton pulse train are both greatly degraded.     

水下光通信PPM数字接收机的DSP实现

水下光通信充分利用了海水对激光的衰减窗口效应,具有隐蔽、安全、非接触和快速机动等特性,兼具无线通信和光纤通信的优点,其关键技术在于光收发端机的研制;PPM(Pulse Position Modulation)数字脉冲位置调制具有低平均功率和高峰值功率等特性,特别适合用于无线数字光通信。两者性能的融合需要高灵敏度数字光接收机的实现。利用阵列光电检测接收、高速A/D转换和信号处理等相关技术,采用DSP处理器,高灵敏度的数字光PPM接收机得以实现,实验和测试表明它大大降低了接收机对于整个系统信噪比的要求,获得了较好的性能。     

Pre-amp EDFA ASE noise minimization for optical receiver transmission performance optimization

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise mitigation from the pre-amp erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) to the photon detector (PD) in optical receivers can be reduced by optimizing the EDFA at the optical receiver level to achieve optimal optical receiver transmission performance.     

Identification of linear distortions in optical systems in the presence of impulsive noise

Conclusion The efficiency of the procedures described above was checked experimentally using three test images. The corresponding information technology included the stages of modeling linear blur-type distortions on a microcomputer, the superposition of impulsive noise on the image, and identification of the pulse response. The experiments confirmed the efficiency of the methods presented here.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 152–156, September, 1995.     

RF spectral modulation caused by delayed interference and photodetection of optical noise

We demonstrate that an RF spectral fringe appears when a nonpolarized optical noise and its delayed replica are combined and photo-detected without any polarization control. A theoretical analysis explains the visibility of the fringe and its insensitivity to polarization.     

Performance of some sparseness criterion blind deconvolution methods in the presence of noise

A comparison of the spareseness (simplicity) norm criterion blind deconvolution methods of Cabrelli and Wiggins is made in order to ascertain relative performance for underwater acoustic transient source signal estimation, especially in the presence of noise. Both methods perform well at high signal-to-noise ratios, producing source estimates that are significant improvements over the original received signal for classification purposes. At moderate and lower SNRs, the Cabrelli method tends to generate results that are superior to the Wiggins method. This is especially true for a damped sinusoid transient source, for which the Wiggins method fails completely at lower SNRs, while the Cabrelli method can still produce good source estimates.     

Theory of waveguide light scattering in an integrated optical waveguide in the presence of noise

We develop a vector theory of waveguide monochromatic light scattering in an integrated optical waveguide with arbitrary three-dimensional irregularities in the presence of noise. The electrodynamical problem of laser radiation scattering in an irregular waveguide is solved by the method of coupled modes with the help of the theory of perturbations. The approximate solution of the inhomogeneous three-dimensional wave equation is derived by the method of modes and the method of Greens functions. The obtained Greens function is analyzed for the cases of propagating and evanescent modes of an irregular asymmetric optical waveguide. Analytical formulas for the near- and far-zone radiation fields are presented. A preliminary analysis of these formulas is given.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 63–75, January 2005.     

Linear wavelength sweep of a semiconductor laser and its consequence for dispersion measurements and interference noise in optical fibers

The wavelength shift of a semiconductor laser during triangular pulse modulation has been investigated, using both a Michelson interferometer and direct spectral measurements. This property is used to establish a method for high-resolution dispersion measurements limited to 10 ps, and not affected by material dispersion or detector rise time. A theoretical investigation shows under what conditions the method is equivalent to the standard dispersion measurement setup. The technique is applied to measure polar mode dispersion in single-mode fibers. Examples of polarization noise caused by polarization anisotropy and the variation of source wavelength are presented.