Noise in Digital Optical Transmission Systems

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Presents rigorous and detailed system models for a variety of digital optical systems that are interesting candidates for use in future optical network implementations. The models account for the influence of the most significant noise sources and are adequate for describing the error probability performance of coherent as well as preamplified receiver implementations. They are developed with practical system performance in mind and allow a description of receivers with polarization control as well as with polarization diversity operation. A chapter is included about the use of cascaded in-line optical fiber amplifiers and their influence on the receiver performance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)