Title :
Evaluation of power penalty due to beat noise induced by connector reflection
Author :
Shikada, Masaaki ; Henmi, N.
Author_Institution :
Opto-Electron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki
fDate :
9/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Power penalties caused by beat noise in a received optical signal beam were evaluated experimentally and theoretically. It was found that power penalties could be suppressed when the beam relative intensity noise was reduced to less than -135 dB/Hz below 2.4 Gbit/s. This goal can be satisfied using a commercially available physical contact optical connector, which has less than -20 dB reflection
Keywords :
digital communication systems; light interference; light reflection; noise; optical communication; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical links; 24 Gbit/s; beat noise; connector reflection; digital communication; high-speed operation; optical fibre transmission system; power penalty; received optical signal beam;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
