Title :
VCSEL-based 100m 25Gb/s plastic optical fiber links
Author :
Caputo, C. Patrick ; Decker, Patrick J. ; Ralph, Stephen E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We report error-free performance at 25Gb/s using a directly-modulated 850nm VCSEL over 100m graded-index perfluorinated plastic optical fiber with good launch offset tolerance. Bandwidth assessment of 18 fibers demonstrates that modern POF can achieve this performance.
Keywords :
optical links; surface emitting lasers; GI-PF-POF; VCSEL; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; distance 100 m; graded-index perfluorinated plastic optical fiber; size 850 nm; Bandwidth; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Plastics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
