Title :
Enhancing data rates in graded-index multimode fibers with offset coupling and multiplexing
Author :
Appaiah, K. ; Salas, Rodolfo ; Vishwanath, Sriram ; Bank, Seth R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Offset coupling and DSP based multiplexing techniques are evaluated on silica and plastic multimode fibers of various lengths and operating wavelengths. We demonstrate a 10-28× boost in bandwidth-length product with excellent tolerance to fiber misalignments.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; bandwidth-length product; data rate enhancement; fiber misalignments; graded-index multimode fibers; multiplexing; offset coupling; plastic multimode fibers; silica multimode fibers; Digital signal processing; Modulation; Oscilloscopes; Signal generators;
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
