Title :
Temperature effects on dispersion and loss for high-bit-rate LED-based lightwave systems
Author_Institution :
Bell Communications Research, Murray Hill, USA
Abstract :
Examination of the impact of wide temperature extremes on high-bit-rate LED-based systems indicates that the LED room-temperature wavelength should be selected below 1300 nm to avoid excess loss owing to the 1390 nm water peak in fibre.
Keywords :
light emitting diodes; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical losses; LED-based lightwave systems; dispersion; high-bit-rate; loss; optical fibre; room-temperature wavelength; temperature effects;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860001
