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A mixed analytical-numerical technique is used to calculate the average bit-error-rate (BER) for a two-user per channel subcarrier multiplexed wavelength division multiple access (SCM/WDMA) optical network. The network is subject to optical beat interference (OBI)1–5. The BER is found through elaborate simulation and numerical computation. It is shown that the system performance is severely degraded by OBI, even at very low subcarrier bit rates (e.g., 50 Mbps), when polarization scrambling is not used. However, the network can support much higher subcarrier bit rates (up to 500 Mbps/channel) with sufficiently high polarization scrambling rates (about 100 GHz). Using Dense WDMA, the network is shown to support more than 150 Gbps total throughput.
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Banat, M.M., Kavehrad, M. (1995). Bit-Error-Rate of an SCM/WDMA Optical Network Employing Polarization Scrambling under Optical Beat Interference. In: Lampropoulos, G.A., Chrostowski, J., Measures, R.M. (eds) Applications of Photonic Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9247-8_14
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