Performance characterization of components with group delay fluctuations

A variety of components in optical communication systems exhibit group delay fluctuations, which degrade the quality of transmitted signals. In this letter, we present a method to derive two independent figures-of-merit, based on the measured group delay, which accurately determine the system perfor...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2003-08, Vol.15 (8), p.1076-1078
Main Authors: Eiselt, M.H., Clausen, C.B., Tkach, R.W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidth
Degradation
Delay
Distortion measurement
Estimates
Fluctuation
Fluctuations
Group delay
Optical communication
Optical distortion
Optical fiber communication
Optical fiber dispersion
Performance degradation
Photonics
Specifications
System performance
Wavelength measurement
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Summary:A variety of components in optical communication systems exhibit group delay fluctuations, which degrade the quality of transmitted signals. In this letter, we present a method to derive two independent figures-of-merit, based on the measured group delay, which accurately determine the system performance degradation caused by any type of group delay fluctuations in a component. These two parameters can be used to estimate the performance of concatenated components and are, therefore, suited for component specifications.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2003.815356