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    UNIT 4

    Source to fber Power

    Launching

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    Coupling Efficiency

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    fibertheintocoupledpower [5-1]

    Source Optical Fiber

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    FP

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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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    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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    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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    .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

    =

    )1)'1'

    )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

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    3 further noise source is I#I" which results from

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    !he equali$er that follows the amplifier is a linear frequency-

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    Receiver onfiguration

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    the threshold #oltage when 1 is present and would

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    (ut in actual system" de#iation from the a#erage

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    interference from ad8acent pulses" etc

    Pro"a"ilit& of Error

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    Pro"a"ilit& of Error

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    3lthough" digital transmission through optical lin9

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