@inproceedings{scholars3318, address = {Bellevue, WA}, title = {Intensity noise mitigation in SAC OCDMA systems using a divided spectrum balanced detection scheme}, journal = {2013 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2013}, pages = {523--524}, note = {cited By 2; Conference of 2013 26th IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2013 ; Conference Date: 8 September 2013 Through 12 September 2013; Conference Code:102018}, doi = {10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656667}, year = {2013}, keywords = {Balanced detection; Intensity noise; SAC-OCDMA systems; Spectral amplitude coding ocdma (SAC), Photonics, Optical communication}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84892692325&doi=10.1109\%2fIPCon.2013.6656667&partnerID=40&md5=c79a5f57e5695772881d4b3688f032ec}, abstract = {We propose the use of a divided spectrum balanced detection (DSBD) to reduce the intensity noise in spectral amplitude coding (SAC) OCDMA systems. Simulation results show several order of magnitude improvements in bit error rate (BER) compared to the conventional balanced detection. {\^A}{\copyright} 2013 IEEE.}, author = {Alhassan, A. M. and Badruddin, N. and Saad, N. M. and Aljunid, S. A.}, isbn = {9781457715075} }