OFC Design Examples
OFC Design Examples
Tutorial -1
Q. 1 An optical link consists carrying NRZ unipolar signals is used for local area
network application. The specifications of the link are shown below :
PT=0.01 mW
=0.82 m
ttr = 10 to 50 ns
Fiber :
Coupling/connector losses =1 dB
Splicing losses = 1 dB
Fiber length 50 km
Attenuation coefficient =0.2 dB/km
Total fiber rise time = 20 ns
PIN photodiode :
Determine :
Solution :
To determine the minimum/maximum speed , find out the rise time budget :
Assuming ttr=50ns for the light source, total system rise time is given by
t s ttr2 t 2f t 2pd 50 2 20 2 10 2 54.77 ns
If transmitter rise time ttr =10 ns, then the system rise time is
t s ttr2 t 2f t 2pd 10 2 20 2 10 2 30 ns
3. BER Calculation:
Light source :
PT = 5 dBm
400 Mbps NRZ
Fiber :
L=100 km
Coupling/connector losses = 3+2 dB
Splicing losses = 5 dB
Loss coeff=0.25 dB/km
Photodetector :
Rnrz 0.7 / t s
t s 0.7 / Rnrz 0.7 /( 400 x106 ) 1.75ns
Select two values of the three unknown parameters and find out the third one .
Choosing :
(i) SM laser at 1.55 m with rise time of 1 ns and spectral width of 0.15 nm
(ii) SM fiber with M=-20 ps/km-nm , W=4.5 ps/km-nm with nominal wavelength
of 1.55 m
sing tpd=1.4 ns, , Cd=1 pf, tt=0.5 ns, we get tc = 1.3 ns and RL=600 ohms.
Power Budget :
PT = 5 dBm
So the receiver selected earlier must have a sensitivity between -33 dBm to -36 dBm.
The above condition is not satisfied because the PD selected has a sensitivity of -20
to -32 dBm. So another type of photodiode should be selected. The APD photodiode
which has sensitivity of -25 to -42 dBm can be used instead of the PIN PD.
BER Calculation :
A 20 km optical fiber link consists of multi-mode step index fiber with a core
refractive index of 1.5 and a relative index difference of 1%. Estimate :
(i) delay difference between the fastest and slowest modes at the fiber output;
(ii) the rms pulse broadening due to intermodal dispersion on the link;
(iii) the maximum bit rate that may be obtained without substantial errors on the
link
(iv) the bandwidth -length product of the fiber.
Solution :
0.2 0.2
BT (max) 9
0.692 Mb / s
s 289 x10
d 2 n1
0.04 m 2
d2
Estimate the pulse broadening per km due to material dispersion within the fiber
when it is illuminated with an LED source with a peak wavelength of 0.9 m and
rms spectral width of 45 nm.
Solution :
d 2 n1
s ( L / c) 45 x10 9 x1000 /(2.998 x108) [0.9 x10 6 x0.04 x1012 ]
d2
5.40 ns
Assignment :
Design an optical fiber digital link for NRZ signalling at a bit rate of 560 Mbps
using a laser source and a PIN photodetector. The device specifications are given as
follows:
Light source :
PT = 0 dBm
560 Mbps NRZ
Fiber :
Detector :
BER< 10-7