Category Archives: Fiber Optics

Dispersion Power Penalty Modeling (Part 3)

Posted on 8-October-2010 by mathscinotes

Deriving Equation 2 Equation 2 is derived from Equation 7 by noting the following items. A true normal pulse has infinite length, so we cannot have a high speed data system that sends true normal pulses. A common choice is … Continue reading →

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Dispersion Power Penalty Modeling (Part 2)

Posted on 7-October-2010 by mathscinotes

Modeling Pulse Distortion Choice of Pulse Basis Function As with most modeling problems, it is very important to choose a function that accurately represents your physical signal. The most commonly used pulse models in optics are based on the normal … Continue reading →

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Dispersion Power Penalty Modeling (Part 1)

Posted on 6-October-2010 by mathscinotes

An Apology This blog post is rather long (3 parts). I have had so many questions on this topic lately that I thought I should put some of the notes into a more formal format. The discussion is very specific … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Mysterious Bit Errors

Posted on 26-July-2010 by mathscinotes

Introduction I am the hardware director for a team of optical networking professionals. More often than I care to admit, we need to embark on a detective case in order to resolve a customer problem. This blog describes a situation … Continue reading →

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