Title :
First plastic optical fibre transmission experiment using 520 nm LEDs with intensity modulation/direct detection
Author :
Matsuoka, T. ; Ito, T. ; Kaino, T.
Author_Institution :
NTT Basic Res. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
10/26/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A plastic optical fibre (POF) transmission experiment utilising green LEDs at a wavelength of 520 nm is reported. The transmission loss of the 100 m POF was 10 dB, which is considerably lower than the loss for red (660 nm) and blue (470 nm) LEDs. The receiver sensitivity at 30 Mbit/s was -20.8 dB at 10-9 bit error rate, which suggests the possibility of a longer length signal transmission, 200 m or longer
Keywords :
error statistics; intensity modulation; light emitting diodes; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; optical receivers; plastics; sensitivity; 10 dB; 100 m; 200 m; 30 Mbit/s; 470 nm; 520 nm; 660 nm; LEDs; bit error rate; blue LEDs; direct detection; green LEDs; intensity modulation; intensity modulation/direct detection; loss; plastic optical fibre transmission; plastic optical fibre transmission experiment; receiver sensitivity; red LEDs; signal transmission; transmission loss;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001336
