Bit rate limiter for on-off-keying optical links.

• Other Authors: Chan, Wai-Shan.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Delay lines; Switching circuits; Signal processing; Fiber optics; Optical communications
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5889522; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-322386

by Wai-Shan Chan. === Thesis submitted in: August 1997. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-63). === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction === Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- Fiber recirculating delay loop --- p.2 === Chapter 1.3 --- Slicing scheme --- p.3 === Chapter 1.4 --- Outline of the thesis --- p.4 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- Fiber recirculating delay loop === Chapter 2.1 --- Review --- p.5 === Chapter 2.1.1 --- Introduction --- p.5 === Chapter 2.1.2 --- The device --- p.6 === Chapter 2.1.3 --- Filtering properties of the fiber recirculating delay loop --- p.8 === Chapter 2.1.4 --- Noise properties of the fiber recirculating delay loop --- p.10 === Chapter 2.1.5 --- Limitations of the BRL device --- p.13 === Chapter 2.2 --- Discussion --- p.14 === Chapter 2.3 --- Summary --- p.14 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- Slicing scheme === Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.16 === Chapter 3.2 --- Slicing Scheme --- p.18 === Chapter 3.3 --- Experimental Investigation --- p.20 === Chapter 3.4 --- Numerical analysis --- p.33 === Chapter 3.5 --- Simulations --- p.40 === Chapter 3.6 --- Discussion --- p.49 === Chapter 3.6.1 --- The relationship between the system penalty and the ratio fd/fs --- p.49 === Chapter 3.6.2 --- Design of BRL --- p.51 === Chapter 3.6.3 --- Advantages and Disadvantages of the slicing scheme --- p.56 === Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.56 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- Conclusion === Chapter 4.1 --- Fiber recirculating delay loop as a BRL device --- p.58 === Chapter 4.2 --- Slicing scheme --- p.59 === Chapter 4.3 --- Future work --- p.60 === Bibliography --- p.61