In order to effectively suppress the Multiple Access Interference(MAI)
a novel complementary subtraction technology based on Modified Double Weight(MDW)code is proposed for Optical Code Division Multiple Access(OCDMA)systems.The system performances are compared by using an RZ pulse generator and an NRZ pulse generator in different transmission lengths and bit rates and so are the supplementary subtraction detection technology and the direct detection technology.The system test results show that at a transmission bit rate of 2.5Gbit/s
the novel complementary subtraction detection technology is superior in performance to the Spectral Direct Detection(SDD)technology and it can effectively eliminate the MAI.