Title :
Bandwidth Performance of W-shaped Plastic Optical Fiber under Static Fiber Bending
Author :
Aoyagi, Kenichi ; Ishigure, Takaaki
Author_Institution :
Keio Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
Transmission properties of graded-index plastic optical fiber(GI POF) and W-shaped plastic optical fiber(W-shaped POF) are investigated. We demonstrate that bandwidth performance of W-shaped POF is more stable than that of GI POF against microbending.
Keywords :
bending; gradient index optics; optical fibres; plastics; W-shaped plastic optical fiber; bandwidth performance; graded-index plastic optical fiber; microbending; transmission properties; Bandwidth; Degradation; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Plastics; Power distribution; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382407
