Asymptotic distortion spectrum of clipped, DC-biased, Gaussian noise (optical communication)

Consider a zero-mean, stationary Gaussian process g(t), to which a large positive constant A has been added. Define a distortion process h/sub A/(t) as equal to g(t)+A when the latter is negative and equal to zero otherwise. The author calculates the power spectrum of the process h/sub A/(t) asymptotically as A becomes large. The results have application for estimating the nonlinear-distortion power in the recovered signal when many frequency-multiplexed subcarriers collectively modulate a laser's output power, as would be the case for CATV transmission over an optical fiber. The process h/sub A/(t) then models the nonlinear distortion caused by occasional clipping of the DC-biased laser input.<
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