Performance analysis of an optical CDMA encoder/decoder based on OFDL

In this paper a practical optical CDMA (Code-Division Multiplexing Access) encoder/decoder based on optical fiber delay lines (OFDL) for OOCs (optical orthogonal codes) is proposed, its performance is analyzed in three aspects, (1) The probability of bit error versus chip pulse width, (2) Stability versus temperature, pressure and strain, (3) The relationship between length error and bit error rate in NRZ format and RZ format.© (2000) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.