Title :
Bit-error-rate in optical fiber links with optical reflections
Author :
Mégret, P. ; Wuilmart, L. ; Froidure, J.-C. ; Blonde, M.
Author_Institution :
Service d´´Electromagnetisme et de Telecommun., Faculte Polytech. de Mons, Belgium
Abstract :
Optical reflections can be a serious problem in any kind of optical fiber links and especially with a laser without isolator (e.g. Fabry-Perot laser). In this paper, we report experimental results of bit-error-rate with optical reflection in a Fabry-Perot link working at STM-4 bit rate
Keywords :
errors; optical fibre networks; reflectivity; Fabry-Perot laser; Fabry-Perot link; STM-4 bit rate; bit-error-rate; optical fiber links; optical reflections; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Dispersion; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical receivers; Optical reflection; Optical saturation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645269
