Comparison of Modulation Schemes for 10.7 Gb/s Transmission Over Large-Core 1 mm PMMA Polymer Optical Fiber

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

Volume

31

Issue

13

fYear

2013

fDate

1-Jul-13

Firstpage

2170

Lastpage

2176

Abstract

The authors give an overview of experimental results on 10.7 Gb/s over large-core 1 mm polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) polymer optical fiber (POF). The comparison starts with simple non-return-to-zero (NRZ) transmission without equalization. Next, measurement results with feed-forward-, decision -feedback equalization (FFE, DFE) and maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) are presented. Finally, experimental results with more advanced modulation schemes like pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and discrete multitone (DMT) modulation are investigated. The experiments were carried out with a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) at 0 dBm to comply with consumer eye-safety regulation or with a 10 mW laser diode (LD) that could be used in active optical cables.

Keywords

decision feedback equalisers; feedforward; maximum likelihood estimation; optical cables; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; polymer fibres; pulse amplitude modulation; semiconductor lasers; sequential estimation; surface emitting lasers; DFE; DMT modulation; FFE; MLSE; NRZ transmission; PAM; PMMA polymer optical fiber; POF; VCSEL; active optical cables; bit rate 10.7 Gbit/s; consumer eye-safety regulation; discrete multitone modulation; feedforward decision-feedback equalization; large core polymethyl-methacrylate; laser diode; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; modulation schemes; nonreturn-to-zero transmission; power 10 mW; pulse amplitude modulation; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Bit error rate; Maximum likelihood estimation; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical signal processing; Receivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Discrete multitone modulation; feed-forward and decision-feedback equalization; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; non-return-to-zero modulation; optical communication; polymer optical fiber; pulse amplitude modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2013.2264878

Filename

6522506