Title :
Efficient line launch for bandwidth improvement of 10 Gbit/s multimode fibre links using elliptical Gaussian beam
Author :
Geng, L. ; Kwok, C.H. ; Lee, S.H. ; Ingham, J.D. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Cunningham, D.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
A novel elliptical Gaussian beam line launch is shown to allow improved system capacity for high speed multimode fibre links. This launch maintains higher bandwidth than dual launch even with misalignment of ±6 μm despite not requiring testing at installation.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical links; bandwidth improvement; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data transmission test; elliptical Gaussian beam line launch; fifth order Hermite-Gaussian beam shaping mask; high speed multimode fibre links; insertion loss; multimode fibre links; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Frequency response; Lenses; Optical fibers; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621298
