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October 27, 2015 at 3:03 pm #27158lavanya krishnanParticipant
in ber analyzer results there is a element called “penalty:Q factor from Min.BER at user defined decision instant(dB)”
what does It mean? is it same as “max Q factor” can we use it to express the quality of transmission?i have attached the picture below -
October 27, 2015 at 8:00 pm #27168alistuParticipant
Hi Lavanya,
The BER analyzer chooses the best instant with the widest eye opening as the decision instant to calculate max. Q-factor. Now if you define any other instant, your Q-factor would not be as much, so you have to increase the power as a penalty to get the same Q-factor as the max. Q-factor.
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October 28, 2015 at 5:18 am #27200lavanya krishnanParticipant
hi alitsu,
but if I use “max q factor” in a 16 channel wdm(I have attached it below) system I get maximum q factor of 4.9 but if in case of “penalty:Q factor from Min.BER at user defined decision instant(dB)” I get maximum q factor of 33 .what can I use to define the quality of transmission-
October 28, 2015 at 5:44 am #27203alistuParticipant
i have started simulating your file, but it seems it will take a lot of time to finish. Can you please attach a screen shot of the result with the obtained value (the one you have been referring to and you have shown in the topic main post attached image)?
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October 28, 2015 at 7:11 am #27208lavanya krishnanParticipant
thanks for helping
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October 28, 2015 at 7:57 am #27211alistuParticipant
The y-axis shows the power penalty in dB, and not Q-factor. It means that, for example, for the transmission line of 140 km, you need to use 60dB more power I order to maintain the same max. Q-factor (which is about 4.8 according to your Q-factor graph) for the user defined decision instant.
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October 28, 2015 at 8:23 am #27214lavanya krishnanParticipant
thanks but in case of q-factor it is very low why? as far as I know acceptable q-factor is 6-9?
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October 28, 2015 at 9:03 am #27218alistuParticipant
I wanted to ask whether this is the system you had formerly asked for suggestions for performance improvement. I once used DCF and once reduced the WDM laser linewidth to 0.1 MHz, which is acceptable for low power CW lasers, but neither of these methods made a remarkable change in the Q-factor. However, I suggest that you go with laser linewidth reduction and see if that helps.
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October 28, 2015 at 9:34 am #27219lavanya krishnanParticipant
I have read many research paper in those paper q-factor is always more than 10 but when I do the same simulation in optisystem q-factor is always less than 6.i have attached some papers and simulation files if u have time please point out my error in simulation
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