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The chapter provides an introduction to the fundamentals of system experiments, which are are widely used to test optoelectronic devices for optical communication applications under system-like operation. An overview of various modulation formats and configurations of test setups being relevant for this book are given. Important terms and parameters are defined and introduced such as transmitter and receiver types, signal quality evaluation and the input-power dynamic range.
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This notation is used throughout this thesis instead of PRBS \(2^x-1\).
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The standard is typically, that the word formed only by zeros is missing.
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Recording a complete PRBS-31 requires a very fast 2 GB memory whereas a PRBS-23 requires only 8 MB memory [3].
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Indeed, components regenerating the signal quality are available too, but will not be considered here.
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This is only valid for optically pre-amplified receivers as the optical amplifier changes the OSNR in front of the detection.
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Please remember, the phase-coded signal can also exhibit amplitude changes in the symbol transitions as explained before.
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Q stands for quality.
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Schmeckebier, H. (2017). Introduction to System Experiments. In: Quantum-Dot-Based Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for O-Band Optical Communication. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44275-4_4
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