• DocumentCode
    2255419
  • Title

    Plastic optical fibers in telecommunications: analysis, comparison and applications

  • Author

    Oliveira, I.A.S. ; Bonfim, Márlio

  • Author_Institution
    Departamento de Eng. Eletrica, Univ. Fed. do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    20-23 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    651
  • Abstract
    This article describes the main improvements of the researches in Plastic Optical Fiber technology worldwide with focus on the development of commercial Graduated Index Perfluorinated Plastic Optical Fiber (GI PF POF) for data communications in order to reach better performance by lowering transmission losses (attenuation and dispersion).
  • Keywords
    gradient index optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical polymers; refractive index; PMMA; attenuation peaks; commercial graduated index perfluorinated plastic fiber; copolymer; data communications; manufacturing processes; moisture sensitivity; plastic optical fiber technology; refractive index profile; transmission losses; Application software; Bandwidth; Manufacturing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Plastics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7824-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242655
  • Filename
    1242655