Intersymbol Interference in a Graded-Index Fiber Optic Communication System.

Abstract

In this report, the effects of pulse dispersion and noise in a graded-index fiber optic communication system which utilizes pulse amplitude modulation are examined. It is shown that pulse dispersion can result in intersymbol interference and degraded error performance of the system. Expressions for RMS output pulse width, intersymbol interference, optimum threshold receiver level, and error probabilities are developed in terms of system parameters. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA116277

Entities

People

  • Raymond L. Wachtel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Communication Systems
  • Detection
  • Distributed Feedback Lasers
  • Fiber-Optic Communications
  • Intersymbol Interference
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Fibers
  • P-N Junctions
  • Probability
  • Refractive Index
  • Shot Noise

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.