//Introduction to Fiber Optics by A. Ghatak and K. Thyagarajan, Cambridge, New Delhi, 1999 //Example 13.7 //OS=Windows XP sp3 //Scilab version 5.5.2 clc; clear; //given Id=1e-9;//Dark current of a silicon PIN photodiode in A P=500e-9;//Optical power in W R=0.65;//Responsivity in A/W Rl=1000;//Value of load resistor in Ohms e=1.6e-19//Electronic charge in C kB=1.38e-23;//Boltzmann constant in SI Units Deltaf=100e6;//Detector bandwidth in Hz T=300;//Missing data- Temperature in K M=50;//Internal gain corresponding to input optical power P x=0;//No excess noise I=M*R*P;//Signal current in A mprintf("\n I=%.2f uA",I/1e-6)//Division by 10^(-6) to convert into uA //Let the root mean square shot noise current be Ins //The rms shot noise current due to signal is: Ins=sqrt(2*e*M*I*Deltaf);//As the root mean square shot noise current is the square root of mean square shot noise current in A mprintf("\n The rms shot noise current due to signal = %.2f nA",Ins/1e-9);//Division by 10^(-9) to convert into nA //The answers vary due to round off error //The rms shot noise current due to dark current is: Ins=sqrt(2*e*(M^2)*Id*Deltaf);//As the root mean square shot noise current is the square root of mean square shot noise current in A mprintf("\n The rms shot noise current due to dark current = %.2f nA",Ins/1e-9);//Division by 10^(-9) to convert into nA //The answers vary due to round off error //The rms shot thermal noise current is: Ins=sqrt(4*kB*T*Deltaf/Rl);//As the root mean square shot noise current is the square root of mean square shot noise current in A mprintf("\n The rms shot thermal noise current = %.2f nA",Ins/1e-9);//Division by 10^(-9) to convert into nA //The answers vary due to round off error SNR=((M*R*P)^2)/(2*e*(M^(2+x))*(R*P+Id)*Deltaf+4*kB*T*Deltaf/Rl);//Corresponding Signal-to-noise ratio since x=0 mprintf("\n SNR = %f",SNR);//The answers vary due to round off error mprintf("\n SNR in dB = %.2f dB",10*log10(SNR));//For conversion to dB //The answers vary due to round off error