Open AccessBandwidth measurement of multimode fibers using system level bit error rate testing
Author(s) -
Xin Chen,
Jason Hurley,
Mingjun Li
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.010613
Subject(s) - bandwidth (computing) , multi mode optical fiber , computer science , bit error rate , optics , optical fiber , electronic engineering , observational error , telecommunications , physics , decoding methods , mathematics , engineering , statistics
We propose and demonstrate a novel bandwidth measurement method for multimode fibers through measuring the bit error rate and power penalty associated with the testing system. The relationship between system performance and bandwidth limitation is established through the use of well characterized electric filters. With the calibration information, bandwidths of actual fibers were measured. The results were compared with those from other methods. The benefit of the BER based bandwidth measurement method is discussed.