Title :
100 m, 40 Gb/s Plastic Optical Fiber Link
Author :
Polley, Arup ; Ralph, Stephen E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate launch independent 40 Gb/s error free performance over 100 m of graded index plastic optical fiber. A comprehensive channel model establishes the fiber characteristics required.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; bit error ratio measurements; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; comprehensive fiber model; datacenter connections; eye diagram; fiber intersymbol interference optical power penalty; graded index perfluorinated plastic optical fiber; multimode fiber; optical loss; plastic optical fiber link; preferable transmission wavelength range; silica fiber; size 100 m; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Detectors; Intersymbol interference; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Plastics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528666
