Whats New in

8.0

Createdtoaddresstheneedsofresearchscientists,opticaltelecom engineers, professors and students, OptiSystem satisfies the demandofuserswhoaresearchingforapowerful yeteasytouse opticalcommunicationsystemdesigntool.

WhatsnewinOptiSystem8.0
Themostcomprehensiveopticalcommunicationdesignsuiteforopticalsystemdesign engineersisnowevenbetterwiththereleaseofOptiSystemversion8.0alsoavailablein32bit andTRUE64biteditions. ThelatestversionofOptiSystemfeaturesanumberofnewfeaturesandenhancementsto addressthedesignofpassiveopticalnetwork(PON)architecturesusingorthogonalfrequency divisionmultiplexed(OFDM)signals,opticalcoherentdetectionsystemsandinjectionlocked FabryPerotlaserdiodes(FPLD). OptiSystemAPIisextendedtosupportOptiSPICE,thefirstcircuitdesignsoftwareforanalysisof integratedcircuitsincludinginteractionsofopticalandelectroniccomponents. OptiSystemisthedefaultwaveformviewerandsignalintegrityanalyzerofOptiSPICE.

NewComponentLibraries
Transmitters FabryPerotLaser:AnewmodelofawavelengthlockedFabryPerotlaserdiode(FP
LD)basedontherateequationsforthesemiconductorlaserdiode.FabryPerotlaseris acosteffectivesourceforthewavelengthdivisionmultiplexedpassiveoptical networks.

Duobinary,CSRZandDPSKTransmitters:Newtransmittersencapsulatethe
complexityofadvancedmodulationformatssuchasduobinary,CSRZandDPSK facilitatingthedesignoffiberopticcommunicationnetworks.

OFDMModulator/Demodulator:OFDMcanbeappliedinopticallonghaul transmissionsystemsandhavemanyadvantagesoverconventionalsinglecarrier modulationformat.ThenewcomponentsallowforthesimulationofOFDMtransmitters andreceivers,supportingdifferenttypesofmodulationschemessuchasBPSK,QPSK, QAM,etc. ElectricalJitter:Randomjitterwasaddedtothecomponent.Thenewversion

supportsrandomanddeterministicjitter.

LaguerreTransverseModeGenerator: Anewoptionallowsforgenerating
orthogonalmodeswithcomplexorrealfields.

Document revised: May 04, 2009.

 SignalProcessing TFlipFlop,DFlipFlop,JKFlipFlop,RSFlipFlop,RSNORLatch,RSNANDLatch andClockedRSNANDLatch: ExtendthecapabilitiesofOptiSystemwhenprocessing

digitalsignals.

ElectricalDownsampler: Morecontrolovertheelectricalsignalbandwidth. ConvertTo/FromIndividualBits;SerialToParallelConverter/ParallelToSerial Converter:Newcomponentsallowforthesimulationandprocessingofindividualbits

insteadofblocks.

Receivers VoltageControlledOscillator: Designedtohavetheoscillationfrequencycontrolled

byavoltageinput.

DPSKReceiver: EncapsulatesthecomplexityofDPSKmodulationformat,facilitating thedesignoffiberopticcommunicationnetworks.

Filters

DigitalFilter(IIRandFIR): Supportforloadingcoefficientsfromafileandpolesand residuesformatwereaddedtothefilter.

PolarizationFilter: FiltersXorYpolarization. MATLAB

MATLABComponent: SupportforMarysignalswasaddedtotheMATLAB
component.

OptiSPICE

OptiSPICEOutput: OptiSystemisthedefaultwaveformviewerandsignalintegrity analyzerofOptiSPICE.TheOptiSPICEOutputcomponentistheconnectionbetweenthe OptiSPICEengineandOptiSystem.

OpticalAmplifiers YbDopedFiberDynamic: AnewtimedomainStimulatedBrillouinScattering(SBS)

modelforhighpowerYtterbiumdopedfiberamplifiers.Thenewmodeldescribesthe interplaybetweenthefirstandsecondorderStokes,pump,andsignalindoubleclad fiberamplifiers.

Document revised: May 04, 2009.

 Visualizers BERAnalyzer: Anewalgorithmallowsforcountingoferrorsatauserdefined

decisionandthreshold.Userscanalsosettheeyeopeningtolerancetodefinewhether theeyeiscloseornot.

SpatialVisualizer: Anewoptioncontrolsthecalculationoforthogonalspatialmodes.

GUIandIntegratedDesignEnvironment
Extendedprecisiondisplay:Anewscientificengineeringformatfordisplayingparameters
andresultsinthelayout,projectbrowserandcomponentpropertiesisaddedtoOptiSystem.

SemiLogBERPlots:ReportpageandcomponentviewerssupportforLogLogandSemiLog plotsarenowsupported.

NewapplicationsandValidationProjects
AdditionalnewapplicationsandvalidationprojectsareinOptiSystem8.0,covering: Broadbandopticalsystembasedonapassiveopticalnetwork OpticalOFDM OpticalCDMA Coherentopticaltransmission andmuchmore.

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Document revised: May 04, 2009.