Title :
BER Performance Limitations of A FBG-Based Bi-Directional Optical Cross-Connect Due to the Grating Length and Induced Index Change of a FBG.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson
Abstract :
In this paper we present the impact of some physical parameters like grating length and induced index change of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) on the bit-error-rate (BER) performance of a bi-directional FBG based optical cross-connect (OXC) for different optical powers. This paper reveals that there is a power penalty suffered by the system due to this type of OXC. The limiting values of grating length and induced index change of a FBG for this type of system at a BER of 10-9 are determined. It is also shown that BER increases in this system as the FBG grating length and induced index change decreases.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; error statistics; optical fibres; optical interconnections; BER; FBG-based bi-directional optical cross-connect; bit-error-rate; fiber Bragg grating; grating length; induced index change; optical powers; power penalty; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bidirectional control; Bit error rate; Bragg gratings; Computer science; Fiber gratings; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing; Bit-error-rate (BER); fiber Bragg grating (FBG); incoherent crosstalk; optical cross-connect (OXC); power penalty;
Conference_Titel :
Region 5 Technical Conference, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Fayetteville, AR
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1280-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1280-8
DOI :
10.1109/TPSD.2007.4380377
