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Optical Receiver Operation

An optical receiver consists of a photodetector, amplifier, and signal processing circuitry. The optical signal is converted to an electric signal, amplified, and then processed. Various noises can lead to errors corrupting the signal. Receiver performance is evaluated based on signal-to-noise ratio and bit error rate, with noise setting the lowest limit for detectable signals. Sources of error include inter-symbol interference from pulse spreading over fiber. Digital and analog receivers are compared based on error probability versus signal-to-noise ratio.

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Optical Receiver Operation

An optical receiver consists of a photodetector, amplifier, and signal processing circuitry. The optical signal is converted to an electric signal, amplified, and then processed. Various noises can lead to errors corrupting the signal. Receiver performance is evaluated based on signal-to-noise ratio and bit error rate, with noise setting the lowest limit for detectable signals. Sources of error include inter-symbol interference from pulse spreading over fiber. Digital and analog receivers are compared based on error probability versus signal-to-noise ratio.

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Optical Receiver Operation

• An optical receiver consists of :


• A photodetector
• An amplifier
• Signal-processing circuitry
• Signal flows :
optical signal → electric signal → amplified signal → processed signal
• Various noises and distortions unavoidably can lead to errors (corrupt
the signal)
• The noise generally set the lowest limit for the signals that can be
processed (S/N = 1)
Fundamental Receiver Operation
• Digital Signal Transmission
• Error Sources
•
• A further error source is attributed to Inter-Symbol Interference
(ISI), which results from pulse spreading in the optical fiber.
• Receiver Configuration
Digital Receiver Performance Calculation
• Probability of Error
• Error rate or bit error rate (BER) the number 𝑁𝑒 of errors occurring over a
certain time interval 𝑡 divided by the number 𝑁𝑡 of pulses (ones and zeros)
transmitted during this interval.
• Logic 0 and 1 probability distributions
• BER vs SNR
•
Analog Receivers
• Digital receiver performance → error probability (BER)
• Analog receiver performance → signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
• SNR is defined as the ratio of the mean-square signal current to the
mean-square noise current
• Analog LED modulation
• The simplest analog technique is to
use amplitude modulation

where 𝑃𝑡 is the average transmitted


optical power, s(t) is the analog
modulation signal, and 𝑚 is the
modulation index
• At the receiver end, the photocurrent generated by the analog optical
signal is :

Where,
ℜ0 is the detector responsivity
𝑃𝑟 is the average received power
𝐼𝑃 is the primary photocurrent
M is the photodetector gain
• If s(t) is a sinusoidal modulated signal, the mean square signal current
:

• The mean square noise current (sum of the mean square quantum
noise current, the thermal noise current, the dark noise current and
the surface-leakage noise current):

• Therefore (for a pin photodiode),


• SNR vs. optical power for photodiodes
Quiz
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