title: Impact of mode partition noise in free-running gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser for 2-dimensional OCDMA.
abstract: Free-running gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode is an appropriate incoherent broadband optical source for incoherent 2-dimensional optical code division multiple access. However, the mode partition noise (MPN) in the laser seriously degrades performance. We derived a bit error rate (BER) expression in the presence of MPN using the power spectra of the laser. The theory agreed with the experimental results. There was a power penalty and BER floor due to the MPN in the laser. Therefore, this scheme should be operated with a sufficiently large number of modes. At least 9 modes should be used for error-free transmission at 1 Gbit/s for the laser we investigated in this work.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kam
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chan