MIL-HDBK-415A
LIST OF APPENDICES continued
APPENDIX
PAGE
A.3.1
Attenuation ............................................................................................................................ A-8
A. 3. 1.1
Absorption ............................................................................................................................. A-8
A.3.1.2
Scattering (Rayleigh Scattering) ........................................................................................... A-8
A.3.1.3
Binding losses ....................................................................................................................... A-8
A.3.2
Multimode (modal) distortion ............................................................................................... A-9
A.3.3
Dispersion.............................................................................................................................. A-9
A.3.3.1
Material dispersion ................................................................................................................ A-9
A.3.3.2
Waveguide dispersion ........................................................................................................... A-9
A. 3.3.3
Profile dispersion................................................................................................................... A-9
A.3.4
Zero-dispersion wavelength ................................................................................................ A-10
A.4
Leaky modes........................................................................................................................ A-10
A.5
Chirping............................................................................................................................... A-10
A.6
Bandwidth in FOs................................................................................................................ A-10
A.6.1
FOCS bandwidth ................................................................................................................. A-10
A.6.2
Fiber bandwidth................................................................................................................... A-11
A.7
The optical signal spectrum................................................................................................ A- 12
A.7.1
LED spectrum...................................................................................................................... A-12
A.7.2
LD spectrum........................................................................................................................ A-12
APPENDIX B - CALCULATION OF REQUIRED DETECTOR INPUT POWER FOR
DIGITAL LINKS
B. I
General .................................................................................................................................. B-1
B.2
Detector input power for digital links ................................................................................... B-1
B. 3
Energy per pulse.................................................................................................................... B-1
B.3.1
Photodetection ....................................................................................................................... B-1
B. 3.2
Quantum noise....................................................................................................................... B-1
B. 3.3
Thermal noise........................................................................................................................ B-3
B.3.4
Receiver noise with PIN photodiode..................................................................................... B-3
B.3.5
Receiver noise with APD ...................................................................................................... B-3
B.3.6
Relationship between gain and noise factor .......................................................................... B-3
B.3.7
Receiver figure of merit ........................................................................................................ B-3
B.3.8
Calculation of figure of merit ................................................................................................ B-5
B.4
Calculation of the number of photons per pulse.................................................................... B-7
APPENDIX C - CALCULATION OF REQUIRED DETECTOR INPUT POWER FOR
ANALOG LINKS
C. I
General .................................................................................................................................. C-1
C.2
Detector input for analog links.............................................................................................. C-1
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