Coherent versus incoherent BER evaluation in a direct sequence OCDMA system

Mounia Lourdiane (1) , Catherine Lepers (2, 3, 4)

1 TSP - RST - Département Réseaux et Services de Télécommunications
2 SAMOVAR - Services répartis, Architectures, MOdélisation, Validation, Administration des Réseaux
3 TSP - EPH - Département Electronique et Physique
4 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Coherent versus incoherent all-optical CDMA system with temporal spreading behavior is studied. A BER model is established to evaluate system performances in the two different configurations. We will show that numerical simulations are in good agreement with BER experimental measurements.

Domains: Optics / Photonic; Networking and Internet Architecture [cs.NI]

Mounia Lourdiane, Catherine Lepers. Coherent versus incoherent BER evaluation in a direct sequence OCDMA system. Photonics North 2012, Jun 2012, Montreal, Canada. ⟨hal-00800626⟩