A simplified dispersion limit formula for IM/DD systems and its comparison with experimental results

Author

Song, Jim ; Fan, Chongcheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

13

Issue

3

fYear

1995

fDate

3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

546

Lastpage

550

Abstract

A simplified formula for the dispersion limit of single-mode-fiber intensity modulation/direct detection (IM/DD) systems is derived for arbitrary given normalized pulse width U, eye opening penalty X and source linewidth enhancement factor α. From the comparison with published theoretical analyses, computer simulation and experimental data, its validity and the limits of existing formulae are shown. Using this simple and general formula, one can easily obtain the dispersion limit of various fiber types under different working conditions in IM/DD systems

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical signal detection; IM/DD systems; eye opening penalty; fiber types; normalized pulse width; simplified dispersion limit formula; single-mode-fiber intensity modulation/direct detection system; source linewidth enhancement factor; Application software; Chirp; Computer simulation; Diode lasers; Employee welfare; Helium; Intensity modulation; Pulse width modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Vacuum systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.372452

Filename

372452