论文信息 - Computing the performance of optical receivers with avalanche diode detectors

Computing the performance of optical receivers with avalanche diode detectors

A method is described for exactly computing the probability distribution of the sum of the output of an avalanche diode and Gaussian noise using the Personick-McIntyre model of the random electron multiplication in the diode. A saddlepoint approximation is also presented. Both are incorporated in an optimization procedure for efficiently calculating the minimum input signal strength and the decision level that are needed to attain a preassigned error probability when the diode is embodied in a binary optical communication receiver. >

Carl W. Helstrom | C. Helstrom

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