Title :
Thermal characteristics of light-emitting diodes and their effect on passive optical networks
Author :
Frigo, N.J. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Iannone, P.P.
Author_Institution :
Newman Springs Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
LED´s have been demonstrated in several new passive optical networks (PON) architectures which capitalize on their wide spectral emission. We show that, due to thermal properties, LED´s exhibit higher than expected output powers under RF subcarrier modulation and baseband packet modulation, leading to advantageous power budgets in PON applications.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; light emitting diodes; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; PON; RF subcarrier modulation; advantageous power budgets; baseband packet modulation; light-emitting diodes; output powers; passive optical networks; thermal characteristics; thermal properties; wide spectral emission; Baseband; Displays; Drives; Light emitting diodes; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Passive optical networks; Power generation; Radio frequency; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
