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Whats New in 8.0

Createdtoaddresstheneedsofresearchscientists,opticaltelecom

engineers, professors and students, OptiSystem satisfies the

demandofuserswhoaresearching forapowerfulyeteasytouse

opticalcommunicationsystemdesigntool.

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WhatsnewinOptiSystem8.0

Themostcomprehensiveopticalcommunicationdesignsuiteforopticalsystemdesign

engineersisnowevenbetterwiththereleaseofOptiSystemversion8.0 alsoavailablein32bit

andTRUE

64

bit

editions.

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

facilitatingthe

design

of

fiber

optic

communication

networks.

OFDMModulator/Demodulator: OFDMcanbeappliedinopticallonghaul

transmissionsystemsandhavemanyadvantagesoverconventionalsinglecarrier

modulationformat.ThenewcomponentsallowforthesimulationofOFDMtransmitters

andreceivers,supportingdifferenttypesofmodulationschemessuchasBPSK,QPSK,

QAM,etc.

ElectricalJitter: Randomjitterwasaddedtothecomponent.Thenewversionsupportsrandomanddeterministicjitter.

LaguerreTransverse

Mode

Generator: A

new

option

allows

for

generating

orthogonalmodeswithcomplexorrealfields.

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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,facilitatingthedesignoffiberopticcommunicationnetworks.

Filters DigitalFilter(IIRandFIR):Supportforloadingcoefficientsfromafileandpolesand

residuesformatwereaddedtothefilter.

PolarizationFilter:FiltersXorYpolarization.

MATLAB

MATLABComponent: SupportforMarysignalswasaddedtotheMATLABcomponent.

OptiSPICE

OptiSPICEOutput: OptiSystemisthedefaultwaveformviewerandsignalintegrityanalyzerofOptiSPICE.TheOptiSPICEOutputcomponentistheconnectionbetweenthe

OptiSPICEengineandOptiSystem.

OpticalAmplifiers YbDopedFiberDynamic: AnewtimedomainStimulatedBrillouinScattering(SBS)

modelforhighpowerYtterbiumdopedfiberamplifiers.Thenewmodeldescribesthe

interplaybetweenthefirstandsecondorderStokes,pump,andsignalindoubleclad

fiberamplifiers.

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Visualizers BERAnalyzer: Anewalgorithmallowsforcountingoferrorsatauserdefined

decisionand

threshold.

Users

can

also

set

the

eye

opening

tolerance

to

define

whether

theeyeiscloseornot.

SpatialVisualizer: Anewoptioncontrolsthecalculationoforthogonalspatialmodes.

GUIandIntegratedDesignEnvironment

Extendedprecisiondisplay: Anewscientificengineeringformatfordisplayingparametersandresultsinthelayout,projectbrowserandcomponentpropertiesisaddedtoOptiSystem.

SemiLogBERPlots:ReportpageandcomponentviewerssupportforLogLogandSemiLog

plotsarenowsupported.

NewapplicationsandValidationProjects

AdditionalnewapplicationsandvalidationprojectsareinOptiSystem8.0,covering:

Broadbandopticalsystembasedonapassiveopticalnetwork

OpticalOFDM

OpticalCDMA

Coherentoptical

transmission

andmuchmore.

Optiwave

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Ottawa,Ontario,K2E7X1,Canada

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