Effect of Laser Parameters on Optical Stealth Transmission System Performance

The performance of an optical stealth transmission system based on gain-switched laser depends largely on the laser parameters. Modulation frequency, bias current, and modulation current are considered to study the covertness and bit error rate performance of the optical stealth transmission system. According to optical stealth carrier generation with time spreading and all-optical encoding, the stealth signals are derived. A complementary encoding scheme is adopted in the system simulation. The simulation results show that the temporal and spectral characteristics of the generated stealth signal can be changed by adjusting the bias current, modulation current, and modulation frequency. However, there is a trade-off between bit error rate performance and covertness of the stealth channel. Under the premise of error-free transmission, the bias current and modulation frequency should be reduced and the modulation current should be improved to optimize the covertness of the stealth channel.