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    The optical loss budget is the calculation and verification of a fiber optic system's operating characteristics. It encompasses items like routing, electronics, wavelength, fiber type, and circuit length. There are two important parameters for loss budget analysis: attenuation and bandwidth. When calculating the loss budget, both passive components like fiber, connector, and splice loss and active components like transmitter power, amplifier gain, and receiver sensitivity must be included. A simple example is provided to demonstrate how to calculate total loss and gain in a fiber optic link and determine the required receiver sensitivity based on those values and a safety margin.

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    The optical loss budget is the calculation and verification of a fiber optic system's operating characteristics. It encompasses items like routing, electronics, wavelength, fiber type, and circuit length. There are two important parameters for loss budget analysis: attenuation and bandwidth. When calculating the loss budget, both passive components like fiber, connector, and splice loss and active components like transmitter power, amplifier gain, and receiver sensitivity must be included. A simple example is provided to demonstrate how to calculate total loss and gain in a fiber optic link and determine the required receiver sensitivity based on those values and a safety margin.

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    The optical loss budget is the calculation and verification of a fiber optic system's operating characteristics. It encompasses items like routing, electronics, wavelength, fiber type, and circuit length. There are two important parameters for loss budget analysis: attenuation and bandwidth. When calculating the loss budget, both passive components like fiber, connector, and splice loss and active components like transmitter power, amplifier gain, and receiver sensitivity must be included. A simple example is provided to demonstrate how to calculate total loss and gain in a fiber optic link and determine the required receiver sensitivity based on those values and a safety margin.

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    The optical loss budget is the calculation and verification of a fiber optic system's operating characteristics. It encompasses items like routing, electronics, wavelength, fiber type, and circuit length. There are two important parameters for loss budget analysis: attenuation and bandwidth. When calculating the loss budget, both passive components like fiber, connector, and splice loss and active components like transmitter power, amplifier gain, and receiver sensitivity must be included. A simple example is provided to demonstrate how to calculate total loss and gain in a fiber optic link and determine the required receiver sensitivity based on those values and a safety margin.

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    Optical Power Budget

    Definition

    The optical loss budget is the calculation and verification of a fiber optic
    system's operating characteristics.
    • This encompasses items such as:
    1- Routing.
    2- Electronics.
    3- Wavelength.
    4- Fiber type.
    5- Circuit length.

    There are two important parameters for loss budget analysis:


    1- Attenuation.
    2- Bandwidth.

    When we calculate the loss budget for an optical fiber we must include:

    1- Passive Components.
    2- Active Components.

    Where:

    Passive Components: are the losses in the overall system (Loss is made up):
    1- Fiber loss.
    2- Connector loss.
    3- Splice loss.
    • Don’t forget any couplers or splitters in the link

    Active components: Is the gain in the overall system (gain is made up):
    1- Wavelength.
    2- Transmitter power.
    3- Receiver Sensitivity.
    4- Dynamic range.
    Simple example:

    Calculate the loss in the following figure?

    Where:
    N - transmitter
    W - amplifier
    O - receiver
    Z - connector
    S – splice

    Aside from the transmitter (N) and receiver (O), the optical link contains
    optical amplifier (W), 4 optical connectors (Z) and 5 splices (S). The
    following table gives for each item its attenuation or gain. With these values
    one can appropriately choose the sensitivity of the receiver:

    Tx power: 3 dBm
    Connector loss: 0.15 dB
    Splice loss: 0.15 dB
    Amplifier gain: 10 dB
    Fiber optic loss: 0.2 dB/km

    Solution:

    The total attenuation of the link is the sum of:

    Fiber optic loss: (30 km + 50 km) x 0.2 dB/km = 16 dB

    Attenuation of connectors: 4 x 0.15 dB = 0.60 dB

    Attenuation of splices: 5 x 0.15 dB = 0.75 dB

    Pl = 16 dB + 0.60 dB + 0.75dB = 17.35 dB

    The total gain of the link is in this case equal to the amplification of the
    optical amplifier (W).
    Pg = 10 dB

    A good safety margin is 6 dB.


    Pm = 6 dB

    To select the receiver's sensitivity at the end of the optical path it is


    sufficient to rearrange and solve the equation:

    Ptx - Prx < Ps - Pg + Pm


    Prx > Ptx - Ps + Pg - Pm
    Prx > 3 dBm - 17.35 dB +10 dB - 6 dB
    Prx > -10.35 dB
    The receiver should provide sensitivity better than -10.35 dB.

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