High-Bandwidth Plastic Optical Fiber for Fiber to the Display

Author

Koike, Yasuhiro ; Ishigure, Takaaki

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Kawasaki

Volume

24

Issue

12

fYear

2006

Firstpage

4541

Lastpage

4553

Abstract

Novel photonics polymer devices for broadband technologies are described, focusing on the high-bandwidth graded-index plastic optical fiber (GI POF). Based on these photonics polymer device technologies, the concept of "Fiber to the Display" is proposed, where GI POF is directly distributed to display from main server in a building or house. Therefore, real-time face-to-face communication with high-definition-television quality becomes possible, which cannot be achieved by current technologies. The authors believe that new innovative concepts of broadband society in the 21st century will be realized by "the proposal from the material side."

Keywords

broadband networks; gradient index optics; high definition television; optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical fibres; optical polymers; broadband technologies; face-to-face communication; fiber-to-the-display; graded-index optical fiber; high-bandwidth optical fiber; high-definition television; photonics polymer device; plastic optical fiber; real-time communication; Displays; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Photonics; Plastics; Samarium; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Fiber to the display (FTTD); material dispersion; modal dispersion; mode coupling; perfluorinated (PF) polymer; plastic optical fiber (POF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.885775

Filename

4063410