Title :
Chromatic dispersion penalty by angular coupling between resonant cavity light-emitting diode and plastic optical fibre
Author :
Morikura, S. ; Okamura, Yasuyuki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Osaka
Abstract :
Chromatic dispersion penalty by angular coupling between a resonant cavity light-emitting diode (RCLED) and a plastic optical fibre is presented. To evaluate the influence of the angular-dependent spectral characteristics of the RCLED on the chromatic dispersion penalty, the effective spectral linewidth of the RCLED was defined and the bit error rate performances for 500 Mbit/s by 50 m transmission were calculated. The calculated results were in good agreement with the experimental ones that showed the chromatic dispersion penalty of 1.2 dB at BER 10-12 in the angle of 26deg.
Keywords :
error statistics; light emitting diodes; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; spectral line breadth; BER; RCLED; angular coupling; angular-dependent spectral characteristics; bit error rate performance; bit rate 500 Mbit/s; chromatic dispersion penalty; distance 50 m; plastic optical fibre; resonant cavity light-emitting diode; spectral linewidth;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20093180
