Design of Low-Loss Graded-Index Plastic Optical Fiber Based on Partially Fluorinated Methacrylate Polymer

Author

Koike, Kotaro ; Koike, Yasuhiro

Author_Institution

Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Keio Univ., Kawasaki

Volume

27

Issue

1

fYear

2009

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

46

Abstract

As a promising candidate of optical home network, a novel Gigabit Ethernet prepared by inexpensive partially fluorinated polymer-based graded-index plastic optical fiber (GI POF) was proposed. Poly (2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate) (P3FMA) was selected as a base material for the GI POF because of its high transparency, low material dispersion, and low cost. The transmission characteristics were investigated, and it was clarified that the newly developed GI POF has low-loss (71 dB/km at 650 nm), high humidity stability, and high-bandwidth (4.86 GHz for 50-m transmission) property. Moreover, 1.25-Gbps data transmission over 50 m was demonstrated by P3FMA-based GI POF.

Keywords

gradient index optics; humidity; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical polymers; transparency; Gigabit Ethernet; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; data transmission; distance 50 m; frequency 4.86 GHz; high-bandwidth property; humidity stability; low material dispersion; low-loss graded-index plastic optical fiber; optical home network; partially fluorinated methacrylate polymer; poly(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate); transparency; wavelength 650 nm; Costs; Ethernet networks; Home automation; Optical design; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Plastics; Graded index plastic optical fiber (GI POF); low-loss; partially fluorinated polymer; poly (2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.928543

Filename

4785412