Title :
Interferometric noise penalty in 10 Gb/s LAN links
Author :
Sefler, George A. ; Pepejugoski, P.
Author_Institution :
IBM Res., Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
The interferometric noise penalty in 10 Gbit/s Ethernet LAN links is assessed as a function of receiver and transmitter reflection coefficients and other link parameters. Robust link operation was experimentally observed and theoretically confirmed with 12 dB return loss for both the receiver and transmitter, and 4 dB extinction ratio.
Keywords :
light interferometry; light reflection; optical fibre LAN; optical receivers; optical transmitters; 10 Gbit/s; Ethernet; LAN links; extinction ratio; interferometric noise penalty; link parameters; optical communications network; receiver; return loss; robust link operation; transmitter reflection coefficients; Ethernet networks; High speed optical techniques; Local area networks; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989666