Parameter

Symbol

Minimum

Typical

Maximum

Units

Notes and Conditions

Transmitter

Spectral width

0.2

nm

Full width,-20 dB from maximum, with resolution bandwidth (RBW) = 0.01 nm

Transmitter center wavelength

x - 100

x

x + 100

pm

Refer to Table 2 for center wavelengths

Side-mode suppression ratio

SMSR

30

dB

Transmitter extinction ratio

OMI

9

dB

Transmitter optical output power

Pout

-1.0

3.0

dBm

Average power coupled into single-mode fiber

Receiver

Receiver optical input wavelength

1530

1565

nm

Receiver damage threshold

-1.0

dBm

Dispersion tolerance

-500

1600

ps/nm

Power-Limited Performance (measured at optical signal-to-noise ratio [OSNR] of 30 dB at 0.1-nm RBW)

Optical input power

Pin

-23.0

-7.0

dBm

*

Dispersion power penalty

3

dB

*

Noise-Limited Performance (Measured at OSNR of 24 dB at 0.1-nm RBW)

Optical input power

Pin

-17.0

-7.0

dB

*

Dispersion OSNR penalty

3

dB

*