Analysis of bit error rate and power penalty for a birefringent wavelength division multiplexer

Authors :: S. Cousins
B. Foley
P. Melman
Source :: Fiber and Integrated Optics. 7:109-114
Publication Year :: 1988
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 1988.
Abstract: The power penalty and bit error rate degradation encountered when using wavelength division multiplexing devices is analyzed. Analysis is applied to the birefringent wavelength division multiplexer (BWDM) with a sinusoidal transfer function.1 The degradation in bit error rate is attributed to laser mode partition noise and crosstalk noise.

Subjects :: Physics
Birefringence
business.industry
Bit error rate degradation
Laser
Multiplexer
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
law.invention
Wavelength
Optics
Mode partition noise
law
Wavelength-division multiplexing
Bit error rate
Electronic engineering
Hardware_ARITHMETICANDLOGICSTRUCTURES
business

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