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Optical Fiber Communication Technology and System Overview

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Trends in Optical Fibre Metrology and Standards

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSE,volume 285))

Abstract

Basic elements of an optical fiber communication system include the transmitter (laser or LED), fiber (multimode, single mode, dispersion-shifted) and the receiver (PIN and APD detectors, coherent detectors, optical preamplifiers, receiver electronics). Receiver sensitivities of digital systems are compared on the basis of the number of photons-perbit required to achieve a given bit-error-probability, and eye-degradation and error-floor phenomena are described. Laser relative-intensity-noise and nonlinearities are shown to limit the performance of analog systems. Networking applications of optical amplifiers and wavelength division multiplexing are considered, and future directions discussed.

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  1. Fiber and Electro-Optics Research Center The Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA

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    Olivério D. D. Soares

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Jacobs, I. (1995). Optical Fiber Communication Technology and System Overview. In: Soares, O.D.D. (eds) Trends in Optical Fibre Metrology and Standards. NATO ASI Series, vol 285. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0035-9_29

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