Real-Time 1.25-Gb/s Transmission Over 50-m SI-POF Using a Green Laser Diode

Author

Atef, Mohamed ; Swoboda, Robert ; Zimmermann, Horst

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electrodynamics, Microwave & Circuit Eng., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria

Volume

24

Issue

15

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1331

Lastpage

1333

Abstract

A real-time 1.25-Gb/s transmission over a 50-m step-index plastic optical fiber (SI-POF) with -12.5-dBm sensitivity at bit error rate equal to 10^-9 was achieved. The binary modulated signal was received and post-equalized using a fully integrated optical receiver. A green edge-emitting laser diode with 520 nm is used, which gives a lower attenuation over POF compared to the traditional 650-nm red laser. The launched optical power is 1 dBm, which ensures eye-safety (class 1 M) with 6-dB power margin.

Keywords

error analysis; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical receivers; semiconductor lasers; SI-POF; binary modulated signal; bit error rate; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; distance 50 m; fully integrated optical receiver; green edge-emitting laser diode; real-time transmission; step-index plastic optical fiber; wavelength 520 nm; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical variables measurement; Equalization; green laser diode; step-index plastic optical fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2012.2203119

Filename

6213068