• DocumentCode
    1823266
  • Title

    Plastic optical fiber links: A statistical study

  • Author

    Polley, Arup ; Decker, Patrick J. ; Kim, Joong H. ; Ralph, Stephen E.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report the first large statistical study of graded index plastic optical fiber and demonstrate that modern POF reliably supports 10 Gb/s over 200 m and that reliable 40 Gb/s transmission over distances >100 m are achievable.
  • Keywords
    fibre reinforced plastics; gradient index optics; optical fibre networks; graded index plastic optical fiber; plastic optical fiber links; Glass; Length measurement; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Plastics; Pulse measurements; 060.2330 (Fiber Optics Communications); 060.4510 (Optical Communications);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032592