Link Budget

Baseline

Assignment Packet:

1. Header [5 pts]: Names of the team members, date, course name, and course number.

3. Check Performance (10 pts): Insert a screen shot of your entire spread sheet that shows the

check on your spread‐sheet calculations.

2. Performance (10 pts): Insert a screen shot of your entire spread sheet that shows the baseline system performance.

Optical Power | | | Source Power | 20.0000 | [mW] | | Source Power | 13.0103 | [dBm] | | Source-to-fiber coupling loss | 5.8000 | [dB] | | Fiber loss @ source mean wavelength λo | 0.2000 | [dB/km] | | Link length | 90.0000 | [km] | | Link fiber loss | 18.0000 | [dB] | | Fiber-spool length | 10.0000 | [km] | | Number of spools (max length 10 km) | 9.0000 | [--] | | Number of fiber splices | 8.0000 | [--] | | Splice loss, per splice | 0.0400 | [dB] | | Splice loss, all splices | 0.3200 | [dB] | | Fiber-to-receiver coupling loss | 3.0000 | [dB] | | Received power | -14.1097 | [dBm] | | Receiver sensitivity | -20.0000 | [dBm] | | | | | Optical Pulse Width | | | Source mean wavelength, λo | 1550.0000 | [nm] | | Source spectral width, Δf | 100.0000 | [GHz] | | Source spectral width, Δλo | 0.8008 | [nm] | | Data rate (no WDM) | 2.5000 | [Gb/s] | | Baud Rate | 2.5000 | [Gb/s] | | Bit Slot | 400.0000 | [ps] | | Initial pulse width, Δt, 50% RZ | 200 | [ps] | | Side-band capture factor | 2.50000 | [--] | | Modulated Spectral Wdth, ΔfBDR | 6.2500 | [GHz] | | Modulated Spectral Wdth, ΔλBDR | 0.05005 | [nm] | | Summed Spectral Width, ΔλT | 0.85089 | [nm] | | Fiber Dispersion parameter, D @ λo | 4.0000 | [ps/nm-km] | | Fiber-link chromatic dispersion | 360.0000 | [ps/nm] | | Dispersion-induced pulse spread, Δto | 306.3188 | [ps] | | Pulse width, including dispersion | 506.3188 | [ps] | | % fill of bit slot | 126.5797 | [%] | | 1dB