26.75 Gb/s short-reach transmission over up to 15 m of large-core PMMA polymer optical fiber for next-generation 100 GbE

Author

Loquai, S. ; Winkler, Frank ; Kruglov, R. ; Vinogradov, J. ; Bunge, C.-A. ; Ziemann, O. ; Schmauss, Bernhard ; Hartl, E.

Author_Institution

Polymer Opt. Fiber Applic. Center (POF-AC), Univ. of Appl. Sci., Nuremberg, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

17-21 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate for the first time 26.75 Gb/s transmission over up to 15 m of large-core Ø 500 μm PMMA POF. Simple NRZ modulation is used which reduces complexity, power consumption and latency of the system. In combination with a POF ribbon cable this approach is a promising and robust alternative to high-speed 100 Gb/s copper interconnects for data center applications (4 channels with 25 Gb/s each).

Keywords

copper; next generation networks; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; polymer blends; power consumption; NRZ modulation; PMMA POF; PMMA polymer optical fiber; POF ribbon cable; bit rate 26.75 Gbit/s; copper interconnects; data center applications; power consumption; short-reach transmission; size 15 m; system latency; Bit error rate; Copper; Data communication; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0457-0

Type

conf

Filename

6532566