We consider the signal detection problem in amplified optical transmission systems as a statistical hypothesis testing procedure, and we show that the detected signal has a well-known chi-squared distribution. In particular, this approach considerably simplifies the derivation of bit-error rate (BER). Finally, we discuss the accuracy of the Gaussian approximations to the exact distributions of the signal.
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