Assigning Loss Budgets To Fiber Optic Components In Adverse Environments

Gair D. Brown; Mark Anderson

doi:10.1117/12.963242

15 January 1990 Assigning Loss Budgets To Fiber Optic Components In Adverse Environments

Gair D. Brown, Mark Anderson

Proceedings Volume 1174, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments III; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963242
Event: OE/FIBERS '89, 1989, Boston, United States

Abstract

Using fixed power margins in fiber optic system power budget calculations does not adequately account for the nature and complexity of a fiber optic link. In an adverse environment scenerio the power margin must be sufficient to guarantee link operation throughout all expected conditions. A variable margin dependent upon the nature and number of the components in the link provides a more acurate estimate of the margin required for a link than a fixed margin. One particular method of estimating each components portion of the environmental margin is presented.

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Gair D. Brown and Mark Anderson "Assigning Loss Budgets To Fiber Optic Components In Adverse Environments", Proc. SPIE 1174, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments III, (15 January 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963242

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