System experiments with multimode waveguides and fibers for applications in computer interconnects

Author

Olsen, C. Michael

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

9

Issue

12

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1742

Lastpage

1746

Abstract

The effect on the modal noise induced bit-error-rate floor when passing light through short lengths (0.5→70 mm) of large core epoxy ridge waveguides and multimode fibers was investigated. It was demonstrated that the bit-error-rate floor declines rapidly with the waveguide transmission distance, whereas for the multimode fiber the floor is independent of the length. The issue of estimating modal noise bit-error-rate floors at realistic levels of the mode selective loss is addressed. The experimental set-up is discussed, and the results of modal noise system experiments performed at 1 Gb/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) are presented. Worst-case requirements to the waveguide design are discussed

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; noise; optical fibres; optical information processing; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical waveguides; 0.5 to 70 mm; 1 Gbit/s; bit-error-rate floor; computer interconnects; large core epoxy ridge waveguides; modal noise; mode selective loss; multimode fibers; multimode waveguides; non-return-to-zero; waveguide transmission distance; Application software; Backplanes; Bit error rate; Computer applications; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical computing; Optical interconnections; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.108719

Filename

108719