8. A 1550 nm optical link uses a standard single-mode fiber with dispersion parameter of 4 ps/nm/km (Chromatic Dispersion), and a laser source with a linewidth of 0.5 nm. Assuming the link carrier is a 10 Gbits/s binary signal, estimate the maximum length of optical fiber required before dispersion compensation is required. (Assume the maximum spread is half the time interval between each bit).

8. A 1550 nm optical link uses a standard single-mode fiber with dispersion parameter of 4 ps/nm/km (Chromatic Dispersion), and a laser source with a linewidth of 0.5 nm. Assuming the link carrier is...
Photonics and Optical Revision Sheet 1 1. Caculate the photon energy in eV for a wavelength of 1.55 um 2, A 1.55 μm digital communications system operating at 4 GBits/s receives an average power of -24 dBm at the detector. On the assumption that 1 and 0 bits are equally likely to occur how many photons are received within each 1 bit? 3. A1.3 um digital communications system operating at 3 GBits/s receives an average power of -29 dBm at...
3. An instantaneous pulse travels through a SM fiber that is 50 Km long. The fiber has a chromatic dispersion of 9 ps/nm-km. The laser source has a spectral width of 0.5 nm. What is the length of the pulse at the end?
6. A single mode fiber has a material dispersion of 18 ps/nm-km and a waveguide dispersion of -15 ps/nm-km. What is the total chromatic dispersion?