On the Use of Gaussian Approximation in Analyzing the Performance of Optical Receivers

On the Use of Gaussian Approximation in Analyzing the Performance of Optical Receivers

The analytical calculation of the bit error rate (BER) of digital optical receivers that employ avalanche photodiodes (APDs) is challenging due to 1) the stochastic nature of the avalanche photodiode's impulse-response function and 2) the presence of intersymbol interference (ISI). At ultrafast...

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Main Authors: G. El-Howayek, C. Zhang, Y. Li, J. S. Ng, J. P. R. David, M. M. Hayat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2014-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
Subjects:
Bit error rate (BER)
optical receivers
Gaussian distribution
photodectors
intersymbol interference (ISI)
analytical models
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6725617/

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