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UNIT 4
Source to fber Power
Launching
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Coupling Efficiency
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soursethefromemittedpower
fibertheintocoupledpower [5-1]
Source Optical Fiber
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Output Patterns Optical output of a luminescent source is usually
measured by its radiance B at a given diodecurrent.
Radiance: It is the optical power radiated into a
unit solid angle per unit emitting surface area and
is generally specified in terms of watts per square
centimeter per steradian
!he angle that" seenfrom the center of a
sphere" includes a
gi#en area on the
surface of that sphere
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Output Patterns !he angle that" seen from the center of a sphere"
includes a gi#en area on the surface of thatsphere
!he #alue of the solid angle is numerically equal
to the si$e of that area di#ided by the square of
the radius of the sphere
Radiance = Power / per unit solid angle %perunit emitting surface area
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&adiance '(rightness) of the source
B=Optical power radiated from a unit area of the source into aunit solid angle [watts*'square centimeter per stradian)]
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Surface emitting LEDs output pattern:
cos)"' +BB =
This is lambertian pattern,which means that thesource is equally brightwhen viewed rom any
direction.
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Power oupled from source to t!e fi"er
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r
s
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m
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=
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sourcetheofangleemissionsolidandareaand ssA
fiberofangleacceptancesolidandareaand ffA Total coupledpower is
summing upthecontributionrom eachindividualemitting pint
source oincremental
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.ower coupled from /E0 to the iber
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=
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+
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step/E0" ,)23' nBrBrP ss
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.ower coupling from /E0 to step-inde% fiber
!otal optical power from /E0 If we consider that the .s is emitted fromthe source of area 3s
sincos,
sin)"'
,*
+
+
,,
+
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,
+
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=
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.ower coupling from /E0 to graded-inde% fiber
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Fiber separation
l hi
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Power launching During transmission, optical power
launched into a fber is independent othe wa!elength o the source butdepends onl" on its brightness#
The number o modes that canpropagate in graded$inde% fber o coreradius a and or parabolic profle is
Number o modes operating in &''nmwill be two times than no# o modes at()'' nm#
The radiated ower er mode
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perture
-anuactures supplied light source with a short fberpigtail which is then attached to the source to a
s"stem# This pigtail should be connected to a s"stem fber with
identical N and core diameter#
t this .unction around '#( to ( d/ optical power is
lost# n e%cess power loss will occurs in the s"stem fber in
addition to the coupling loss, which is due to the
modes scattering out o fber#
Optical power is measured when the launched modesha!e come to e+uilibrium and fber is o larger length#
The launched modes attain e+uilibrium at appro%# 0'm rom the fber starting point#P50 : optical power measured at 0' m#
1distance
at which modes become e+uilibrium2
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Optical Detector
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Re#uirement for t!e optical detector
!he detector must satisfy following requirements
for better performance 4igh sensiti#ity at the operating wa#elengths
4igh fidelity
/arge electrical response to the recei#ed optical signal
3 minimum noise introduced by the detector
tability of performance characteristics
mall si$e
4igh reliability
/ow cost
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Optical detection principles
!he basic detection process in an intrinsic absorber is illustrated
in igure 61 which shows a p7n photodiode
!his de#ice is re#erse biased and the electric field de#elopedacross the p7n 8unction sweeps mobile carriers 'holes and
electrons) to their respecti#e ma8ority sides 'p- and n-type
material)
3 depletion region or layer is therefore created on either side ofthe 8unction
!his barrier has the effect of stopping the ma8ority carriers
crossing the 8unction in the opposite direction to the field
4owe#er" the field accelerates minority carriers from both sidesto the opposite side of the 8unction" forming the re#erse lea9age
current of the diode
$!us intrinsic conditions are created in t!e depletion region
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Optical detection principles
% p!oton incident in or near t!e depletion region of t!is
device w!ic! !as an energ& greater t!an or e#ual to t!e
"and'gap energ& Egof t!e fa"ricating material 'ie hf : Eg)will e%cite an electron from the #alence band into the
conduction band
!his process lea#es an empty hole in the #alence band and is
9nown as the photo-generation of an electron7hole 'carrier)pair" as shown in igure 61'a)
Carrier pairs so generated near the 8unction are separated and
swept 'drift) under the influence of t!e electric field to
produce a displacement "& current in t!e e(ternal circuit ine(cess of an& reverse lea)age current 'igure 61'b))
.hoto-generation and the separation of a carrier pair in the
depletion region of this re#erse-biased p7n 8unction is
illustrated in igure 61 'c)
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Optical detection principles
$!e depletion region must "e sufficientl&
t!ic) to allow a large fraction of t!e incident
lig!t to "e a"sor"ed in order to ac!ieve
ma(imum carrier pair generation
4owe#er" since long carrier drift times in the
depletion region restrict t!e speed of
operation of the photodiode it is necessar& to
limit its widt!.
$!us t!ere is a trade'off "etween t!e num"erof p!otons a"sor"ed *sensitivit&+ and t!e
speed of response.
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Optical detection principles
%"sorption
!he absorption of photons in a photodiode toproduce carrier pairs and thus a photocurrent is
dependent on the absorption coefficient ;+of the
light in the semiconductor used to fabricate the
de#ice
3t a specific wa#elength and assuming only
band-gap transitions the photocurrent Ip
produced by incident light of optical power .ois
gi#en by
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Optical detection principles
,uantum efficienc&
!he quantum efficiency < is defined as t!efraction of incident p!otons w!ic! are a"sor"ed
"& t!e p!oto'detector and generate electrons
w!ic! are collected at t!e detector terminals
where rp is the incident photon rate 'photons per
second) and re is the corresponding electron rate
'electrons per second)
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Optical detection principles
Responsivit&
!he e%pression for quantum efficiency does not in#ol#e
photon energy and therefore the responsivit& R isoften of more use w!en c!aracteri-ing t!e
performance of a p!oto'detector
It is defined as
where Ipis the output photocurrent in amperes and .ois
the incident optical power in watts 'ie output optical
power from the fiber)
!he responsivit& is a useful parameter as it gives t!e
transfer c!aracteristic of t!e detector 'ie
photocurrent per unit incident optical power)
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P!&sical Principles of P!otodiodes
!he most common semiconductor photo-detector
is thepinphotodiode#
!he de#ice structure consists of p and n regions
separated by a #ery lightly n-doped intrinsic 'i)
region
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ontd
In normal operation a sufficiently large re#erse
bias #oltage is applied" so that the iregion is fullydepleted of carriers
=hen an incident photon has an energy : Eg of
semiconductor material" the photon gi#e up itsenergy and e%cite an electron from #alance band
to the conduction band
!his process generates the free electron-holepairs" 9nown as photo-carriers
3s shown in figure on ne%t slide
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ontd
!he detectors are designed so that these carriers
are generated in the depletion region where mostof the light absorbed
!he high electric field present in the depletion
region causes photo-generated carriers toeparate and be collected across the re#erse7
biased 8unction
!his gi#e rise to a current low in an e%ternalcircuit" 9nown as p!otocurrent.
P! t t
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P!otocurrent
Optical power absorbed in a distance x" in the depletion region can
be written in terms of incident optical power "
3bsorption coefficient strongly depends on wa#elength
!he upper wa#elength cutoff for any semiconductor can be
determined by its energy gap as follows
!a9ing entrance face reflecti#ity into consideration" the absorbed
power in the width of depletion region" w" becomes
)1')')'
+
xsePxP
=)'s
)'xP+P
'e>)
,?1)m'g
cE
=
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)1')'
)'
+
)'
+
f
w
p
w
RePh
q
I
ePwP
s
s
=
=
or longer wavelengt!0 t!e
p!oton energ& is not
sufficient to e(cite an
electron from t!e valance
"and to conduction "and.
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Optical 3bsorption Coefficient
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Responsivit& !he primary photocurrent resulting from absorption is
@uantum Efficiency
Responsivit&:
)1)'1' )'
+ f
w
p RePh
qI s =
hP
qIP
*
*
photonsincidentofApairsatedphotogenerhole-electronofA
+
=
=
[3*=]
+
h
q
P
IP==
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&esponsi#ity #s wa#elength
% l ! P! t di d *%PD+
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%valanc!e P!otodiode *%PD+3.0s internally multiply the
primary photocurrent before it enters
to e%ternal circuitry
In order to carrier multiplication
ta9e place" the photo-generated
carriers must tra#erse along a high
field region
In this region" photo-generatedelectrons and holes gain enough
energy to ioni$e bound electrons in
>( upon colliding with them
!his multiplication is 9nown asimpact ioni-ation
!he newly created carriers in the
presence of high electric field result
in more ioni$ation called avalanc!e
effect
3each$Through PD structure 13PD2showing the electric felds in depletionregion and multiplication region#
Optical radiation
Below the diode breadownvoltage a fnite carriers arecreated, whereas abovebreadown the number o carriers are infnite.ommonl" used structure or
achie!ing the multiplication is3PD
!his configuration is 9nown as
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!his configuration is 9nown as
pBpnB reach-throughstructure
!he layer is basically an
intrinsic material
!he term reach-through arisesfrom photodiode operation
=hen a low &( #oltage is
applied" most of the potential
drop is across pnB8unction
!he depletion layer is widen
with increasing the bias until a
certain #oltage is reached at
which the pea9 electric field at
the pnB8unction is about the 5-
1+ D below that needed to
cause the a#alanchebrea9down
3t this point" the depletion
layer 8ust reac! t!roug! to the
nearly intrinsic region
In general" the &3.0 is operated in the fully
depleted mode
/ight enters the de#ice through the pB and isabsorbed in the material" which acts as a
collection region for photo-generated carriers
pon being absorbed the photon gi#e up its
energy" and created the electron-hole pairs
!hese carriers drift through the region in thepnB8unction" where a high electric filed e%ists
It is in this high$feldregion that carriermultiplication ta5esplace#
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&esponsi#ity of 3.0
!he multiplication factor 'current gain)Mfor all carriers generated in thephotodiode is defined as
=here is the a#erage #alue of the total multiplied output current F
is the primary photocurrent
!he responsi#ity of 3.0 can be calculated by considering the current gain
as where &+is the unity gain responsi#ity
p
M
I
IM =
MI PI
MMh
q+3.0 ==
P!oto detector Response $ime
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P!oto'detector Response $ime
$!e response time of a p!oto'detector wit! its output circuit depends mainl&
on t!e following t!ree factors:1 !he transit time of the photo-carriers in the depletion region
1. Diffusion time of photo-carriers outside depletion region
2. R time constant of the circuit
!he photodiode parameters responsible for abo#e factors are the absorption
coefficient ;s" the depletion region width w" thephoto diode 8unction and pac9age
capacitances" the amplifier capacitance" the detector load resistance" the amplifier
input resistance" and thephotodiode series resistance
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P!otodetector Response $ime
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P!otodetector Response $ime
1 !he transit time of the photocarriers in the depletion region !he response
speed of a photodiode limits by the time it ta9es photo-generated carriers to
tra#el across the depletion region
!he transit time depends on the carrier drift #elocity and the
depletion layer width w" and is gi#en by
, 0iffusion time of photo-carriers outside depletion region !he diffusionprocesses are slow compared wit! t!e driftof carriers in the high-field
region
!herefore" to ha#e a !ig! speed p!otodiode0 t!e p!oto'carriers must "e
generated in t!e depletion region or so close to it t!at diffusion times
are less or e#ual to t!e drift time!his response time is descri"ed "& t!e rise time and fall time of the
detector output when the detector is illuminated by a step input of optical
radiation 3s shown in the figures on ne%t two slides
or full& depleted region t!e rise time and fall time are t!e same.
dt dv
d
dv
wt =
.h t di d t ti l l
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.hotodiode response to optical pulse
Full" depleted region
.h t di d t ti l l
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.hotodiode response to optical pulse
Typical response time o the photodiode that is not ullydepleted
P!otodetector Response $ime
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P!otodetector Response $ime
G &C time constant of the circuit !he circuit after the photo-detector
acts li9eRlow pass filter with a pass-band gi#en by
!!R
B
,
1=
da!"s! RRR +== andHH
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>arious optical responses of photo-detectors
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>arious optical responses of photo-detectors
!rade-off between quantum efficiency F response time
To achie!e a high quantume!ciency, the depletion
layer width must be largerthan
1the in!erse o the absorptioncoe6cient2,
so that most o the lightwill be absorbed#
t the same time with largewidth, the capacitance issmall and RC timeconstant getting smaller,leading to asterresponse, but wide width
results in larger transittime in the depletionregion# Thereore there is atrade"o# between widthand $%# It is shown that thebest is7
s*1
ss
w *,*1
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tructures for Ina3s 3.0s
eparate-absorption-and multiplication '3J) 3.0
Ina3s 3.0 superlattice structure '!he multiplication region is composed
of se#eral layers of In3la3s quantum wells separated by In3l3s barrier
layers
-etal contact
InP multiplication la"er
IN8as bsorption la"er
InP bu9er la"er
InP substrate
light
!emperature effect on a#alanche gain
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!emperature effect on a#alanche gain
!he gain mechanism of an
a#alanche photodiode is #ery
temperature-sensiti#e because
of the temperature dependence
of the electron and hole
ioni$ation rates
!his temperature dependence is
critical at high bias #oltage
where small changes in
temperature cause largechanges in the gain
3s shown in the figure for si
a#alanche photodiode
Comparison of photodetectors
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Comparison of photodetectorsPindiode
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Example
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Bandgap and photodetection
(a) Determine the maximum value of the energy gapwhich a semiconductor, used as a
photoconductor, can have if it is to be sensitive to yellow light (600 nm).
(b) A photodetector whose area is 510-2cm2is irradiated with yellow light whose
intensity is 20 mW cm2. Assuming that each photon generates one electron-hole
pair, calculate the number of pairs generated per second.
Solution
(a) Given, = 600 nm, we needEph
= h=Egso that,
Eg=hc/ = (6.62610-34J s)(3108m s-1)/(60010-9m) = 2.07 eV
(b) Area= 510-2cm2andIlight
= 2010-3W/cm2.The received power is
P=Area Ilight
= (510-2cm2)(2010-3W/cm2) = 10-3WN
ph= number of photons arriving per second =P/E
ph
= (10-3W)/(2.0591.6021810-19J/eV)= 2.97871015photons s-1 = 2.97871015EHP s-1.
Example
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(c) For GaAs,Eg= 1.42 eV and the corresponding wavelength is
=hc/Eg= (6.62610-34J s)(3108m s-1)/(1.42 eV1.610-19J/eV) = 873 nm (invisible IR)
The wavelength of emitted radiation due to EHP recombination is 873 nm.
(d) For Si,Eg= 1.1 eV and the corresponding cut-off wavelength is,
g=hc/Eg= (6.62610-34J s)(3108m s-1)/(1.1 eV1.610-19J/eV)
= 1120 nm
Since the 873 nm wavelength is shorter than the cut-off wavelength of 1120 nm,
the Si photodetector can detect the 873 nm radiation (Put differently, the photon
energy corresponding to 873 nm, 1.42 eV, is larger than theEg, 1.1 eV, of Si which
mean that the Si photodetector can indeed detect the 873 nm radiation)
Bandgap and Photodetection
(c) From the known energy gap of the semiconductor GaAs (Eg= 1.42 eV), calculate the
primary wavelength of photons emitted from this crystal as a result of electron-hole
recombination. Is this wavelength in the visible?
(d) Will a silicon photodetectorbe sensitive to the radiation from a GaAs laser? Why?
Solution
Example
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&bsorption coe!cient
'a( ) dis the thicness o a photodetector material, Iois the
intensity o the incoming radiation, the number o photons
absorbedper unit volume o sample is
hd
dInph
+e(p*34
(a) IfI0is the intensity of incoming radiation (energy flowing per unit area per
second),I0exp( d )is the transmitted intensity through the specimen with
thickness dand thusI0exp( d )is the absorbed intensity
Solution
Example
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0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800
Wavelength (nm)
Responsivity (A/W)
The responsivity of an InGaAspin photodiode
InGaAspinPhotodiodes
Consider a commercial InGaAspinphotodiode whose responsivity is shown in fig.
Its dark current is 5 nA.
(a) What optical power at a wavelength of 1.55 m would give a photocurrentthat is twice the dark current? What is the QE of the photodetector at 1.55
m?
(b) What would be the photocurrent if the incident power in a was at 1.3 m?What is the QE at 1.3 m operation?
Solution
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Solution
(a) At = 1.5510-6m, from the responsivity vs. wavelength curve wehave R0.87 A/W. From the definition of responsivity,
we have
From the definitions of quantum efficiency and responsivity,
Note the following dimensional identities: A = C s-1and W = J s-1so that A W-1= C J-1.
Thus, responsivity in terms of photocurrent per unit incident optical poweris also charge
collected per unit incident energy.
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Optical receiver operation
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undamental receiver operation
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undamental receiver operation
3n optical &% consists of photo-detector" an amplifier"
and signal processing circuitry
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Digital Signal $ransmission
undamental receiver operation
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undamental receiver operation
!he transmitted signal is two-le#el binary data
stream consisting of either a + or 1 in a timeslot of duration !b
!his slot is 9nown as bit period
!o transmit these bits we assume A#$ andCoding technique is%R&
Error Sources
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Error Sources
Errors in the detection mechanism can arise from #arious
noises and disturbances associated with the signal
detection system
!he term noise can be defined as Kany unwanted
components of electrical signal that tend to disturb the
transmission and processing of the signal in a physicalsystem" and o#er which we ha#e no controlL
!here are #arious sources of noise li9e internal" e%ternalM
4ere" our focus is only noise due to internal source li9e
shot noise and thermal noise
=hich is due the spontaneous fluctuations of current and
#oltage in electric circuit
Error Sources
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o Sou ces
Error Sources
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!he random arri#al rate of signal photons
produces a shot noise at the photo-detector !his noise depends on the signal le#el" when
using the a#alanche photodiode in &%" an
additional shot noise arises due to multiplicationprocess
!his noise is increases with increasing the
a#alanche gain J
3dditional photo-detector noise come form the
dar9 and lea9age current" which are independent
with photodiode illumination
Error Sources
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!hermal noises arising from the detector load
resistor and from the amplifier !he analysis of the noises and resulting error
probabilities associated with the primary
photocurrent generation and the a#alanchemultiplication are complicated" since neither of
these process is aussian
!he primary photocurrent generated by the
photodiode is a time-#arying process resulting
from the random arri#al of photons at the
detector
Error Sources
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If the detector is illuminated by an optical signal
p't)" then a#erage number of electron-hole pairs 2generated in a time N is
!he actual number of electron-hole pairs n that are
generated fluctuates from the a#erage #alue
according to the .oisson distribution
It is not possible to predict e%actly how manyelectron-hole pairs are generated by a 9nown optical
power incident on the detector is the origin of the
type of shot noise called quantum noise
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Error Sources
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3 further noise source is I#I" which results from
the pulse spreading in the fiber
Receiver onfiguration
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g
3 schematic diagram of &% is shown below !he
G basic stage of &% are a photo detector" anamplifier" and an equali$er
Receiver onfiguration
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g
.hoto-detector may be a#alanche with a gain J or pin for
which JP1
!he photodiode has a quantum efficiency < and a capacitance
cd
!he detector bias resistor &b which generates the thermal
noise current ib't) !he amplifier has an i*p impedance which is a parallel
combination of &aand Ca
>oltage appearing across this impedance causes current to
flow in the amplifier output !he amplifier is basically #oltage-controlled current source
!he equali$er that follows the amplifier is a linear frequency-
shaping filter to rectify the II effect
Receiver onfiguration
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g
!he binary digital pulse train incident on the
photo-detector
!he mean output current from the photodiode at
time t resulting from the pulse train Eqmentioned abo#e
=here" p't) is o*p optical powerQ bn is theamplitude" hp is the recei#ed pulse shape" and &+
is the responsiti#ity
=
=n
'pn n!th'tP )')'
=
==n
'pn !th'MtMPh
qti )')')' +
Digital Receiver Performance
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In a digital &% the amplified and filtered signal
o*p of the equali$er is compared with thethreshold le#el once per time slot to determine
whether or not a pulse is present at the photo-
detector in the time slot
Ideally" the o*p signal #out't)would always e%ceed
the threshold #oltage when 1 is present and would
be less than the threshold when no pulse was sent
(ut in actual system" de#iation from the a#erage
#alue of #out't) caused by #arious noises"
interference from ad8acent pulses" etc
Pro"a"ilit& of Error
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One common way to calculate the error rate or 'it
error rate 'BER)" di#ide the number 2e of errorsoccurring o#er a certain time inter#al t by the
number 2tof pulses transmitted during this inter#al
=here (P1*!b
!ypical error rates for optical fiber
telecommunications system range from 1+-Rto 1+-1,
Jeaning the one error for e#ery billion pulses sent
!o compute the (E& at &%" we ha#e to 9now the
prob 0istribution of signal at the equali$er o*p
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.1'#) is the prob !hat the equali$er o*p #oltage is less than # when a logical 1 pulse is sent
.+'#) is the prob !hat the equali$er o*p #oltage is e%ceed # when a logical + pulse is sent
Pro"a"ilit& of Error
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If the threshold #oltage is #ththen the error prob .e
is defined as =here a F b are determined by the a priori
distribution of the data =here f+'y) is aussian
distribution
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=hen all system parameters are ideal and the
performance is limited only by the photo-detection
statistics
In other words" suppose we ha#e an ideal photodiode
ha#ing
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3lthough" digital transmission through optical lin9
ha#ing wide usage" there are many applications foranalog lin9s as well
!hese range from indi#idual ? S4$ #oice channel
to microwa#e lin9s operating in 4$ region
or analog &%" the performance is measured in
terms of asigna+-to-noise ratio
!he simplest analog lin9 use 3J for signaltransmission
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!ransmitted optical power p't) and modulation
inde% are in the form
.t is the a#erage transmitted optical power" s't) is
analog modulation signal" TI is the #ariation currentabout the bias point" and I(is the bias current
In order to minimi$e the distortion" it is desire to
confine the modulation process in the linear region 3t the &% end" the photocurrent generated by
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