A novel noise model based on balanced detection for an ultrafast line-scan imaging system

Kaimin Wang, Shanshan Jiang, Bo Dai, Yu Huang, Wei Li, Meiyong Xu, Xiangjun Xin, Dawei Zhang*

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Abstract

A novel noise model is proposed for a balanced-detection ultrafast imaging system to comprehensively analyze the noise in the system. The whole noise model is obtained by solving for erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) noise, intersymbol interference (ISI) noise and low-pass filter (LPF) noise successively with stochastic process theory. Then, the nonmonotonic relationship between the cut-off frequency and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for certain experimental parameters are derived quantitatively and qualitatively: the SNR first increases and then decreases when the cut-off frequency increases, while the unique extreme point is located at 6.3 GHz. In addition, imaging results are obtained accordingly. The model and the results can provide a reference for system design and parameter selection.

Original languageEnglish
Article number124508
JournalOptics Communications
Volume460
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Noise model
  • Optical signal processing
  • Ultrafast imaging

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