Tutorial.pdf

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 1
LESSON 1: TRANSMITTER - EXTERNAL MODULATED LASER............................................. 1
Starting OptiSys_Design......................................................................................... 1
Interface Overview.................................................................................................. 2
Using the Component Library................................................................................. 2
Connecting Components ......................................................................................... 4
Visualization of results............................................................................................ 5
Connecting Visualizers ........................................................................................... 6
Visualizers and Data Monitors................................................................................ 7
Component parameters............................................................................................ 8
Visualizers parameters .......................................................................................... 11
Running the simulation ......................................................................................... 11
Displaying results from visualizers....................................................................... 12
Saving the simulation results................................................................................. 16
LESSON 2: SUBSYSTEMS – HIERARCHICAL SIMULATION ................................................ 17
Loading a sample file ............................................................................................ 17
Creating a Subsystem............................................................................................ 17
Looking inside of the subsystem........................................................................... 18
Creating output ports............................................................................................. 19
Subsystem properties: name and icon ................................................................... 21
Adding global parameters to the a subsystem....................................................... 22
Accessing global parameters................................................................................. 23
Adding the component to the Component Library................................................ 25
Creating additional ports ....................................................................................... 27
Running the simulation ......................................................................................... 29
LESSON 3: OPTICAL SYSTEMS - WDM DESIGN ............................................................. 30
Global parameters ................................................................................................. 30
Transmitters........................................................................................................... 30
Parameter groups................................................................................................... 32
Testing the transmitter........................................................................................... 34
EDFA + Fiber spans.............................................................................................. 35
Getting results after the demultiplexer.................................................................. 38
Adding a receiver .................................................................................................. 38
BER Analyzer ....................................................................................................... 39
LESSON 4: PARAMETER SWEEPS - BER X INPUT POWER................................................ 44
Selecting the parameter to be iterated using the Sweep mode .............................. 45
Changing the number of sweep iterations............................................................. 46
Changing the values of sweep iterations............................................................... 47
Running the simulation ......................................................................................... 48
Getting results using the Graph builder................................................................. 49