Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication: Chapter 4. Optical Link Budgets

Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication: Chapter 4. Optical Link Budgets
ISBN-10
0128068167
ISBN-13
9780128068168
Series
Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication
Category
Science
Pages
468
Language
English
Published
2013-08-09
Publisher
Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Author
Casimer DeCusatis

Description

This chapter will examine the technical requirements for designing fiber optic data communication systems. We begin with an introduction to basic link budget design techniques, suitable for practitioners such as network designers, followed by a more detailed review of optical link design considerations. Optical link design concepts discussed include transmitter output power, receiver sensitivity, and properties of optical connectors, couplers, and splices. Figures of merit including bit error rate and signal-to-noise ratio are defined. Both worst case and statistical techniques are presented, including test and validation methods for the completed link. Optical power penalties are discussed, including dispersion (modal and chromatic), intersymbol interference, mode partition noise, mode hopping, extinction ratio, relative intensity noise, multipath interference, wavelength-dependent attenuation, bending loss, timing jitter, radiation-induced darkening, modal noise, and stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering.

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