OptiSystem
Tutorials
Optical Communication System Design Software
Version 3.0
for Windows® 2000/XP
10/1/03
OptiSystem
Tutorials
Optical Communication System Design Software
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Table of contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1
Lesson 1: Transmitter — External modulated laser .................................................... 7
Starting OptiSystem ...................................................................................................7
Main parts of the GUI ..............................................................................................................8
Using the Component Library ..................................................................................12
Auto connect feature ............................................................................................................14
Turning the Auto connect feature off and on............................................................14
Connecting components manually...........................................................................15
Visualizing the results ..............................................................................................17
Connecting visualizers .............................................................................................18
Visualizers and data monitors .............................................................................................19
Connecting a monitor to a port.................................................................................20
Component parameters........................................................................................................21
Viewing and editing component properties ..............................................................21
Changing parameter modes: arithmetic expressions...............................................23
Accessing visualizer parameters..............................................................................25
Running the simulation.............................................................................................26
Saving the simulation results ...................................................................................28
Displaying results from a visualizer..........................................................................29
Accessing the Info-Window......................................................................................33
Zooming into a graph ...............................................................................................33
Panning a graph.......................................................................................................34
