DocumentCode
608976
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
fYear
2013
fDate
17-21 March 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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;
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
6533116
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