• DocumentCode
    1355331
  • Title

    Thermal characteristics of light-emitting diodes and their effect on passive optical networks

  • Author

    Frigo, N.J. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Iannone, P.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Newman Springs Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    1164
  • Lastpage
    1166
  • Abstract
    LED´s have been demonstrated in several new passive optical networks (PON) architectures which capitalize on their wide spectral emission. We show that, due to thermal properties, LED´s exhibit higher than expected output powers under RF subcarrier modulation and baseband packet modulation, leading to advantageous power budgets in PON applications.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; light emitting diodes; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; PON; RF subcarrier modulation; advantageous power budgets; baseband packet modulation; light-emitting diodes; output powers; passive optical networks; thermal characteristics; thermal properties; wide spectral emission; Baseband; Displays; Drives; Light emitting diodes; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Passive optical networks; Power generation; Radio frequency; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.605537
  • Filename
    605537