Impact of finite laser linewidth on the performance of OFDM networks employing single-cavity Fabry-Perot demultiplexers

Author

Capmany, Josè ; Martí, Javier ; Mangraham, Haresh

Author_Institution

Dept. de Comunicaciones, ETSI Telecommun., Valencia, Spain

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

290

Lastpage

296

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the impact of finite laser linewidths (i.e. source partial coherence) on the crosstalk performance of optical frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) networks employing single-cavity Fabry-Perot demultiplexers. Results are presented that show the important limitation imposed by the finite laser linewidths on the attainable bit error rate (BER), maximum number of users, and the required power penalties to overcome this impairment

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; demultiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; frequency division multiplexing; laser cavity resonators; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; spectral line breadth; OFDM networks; crosstalk performance; finite laser linewidth; optical frequency division multiplexing; power penalties; single-cavity Fabry-Perot demultiplexers; source partial coherence; Bit error rate; Degradation; Fabry-Perot; Frequency division multiplexing; Laser modes; OFDM; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Power lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.365218

Filename

365218