Title :
200 Mbit/s data transmission through 100 m of plastic optical fibre with nitride LEDs
Author :
Akhter, M. ; Maaskant, F. ; Roycroft, B. ; Corbett, B. ; de Mierry, P. ; Beaumont, B. ; Panzer, K.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Group, Nat. Microelectron. Res. Centre, Cork, Ireland
fDate :
11/7/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A data transmission rate of 200 Mbit/s through 100 m of plastic optical fibre with an InGaN/GaN LED operating at 509 nm is reported. Nitride LEDs operating at this wavelength showed lower transmission loss than red LEDs (650 nm). These LEDs have low temperature dependence, showing only a 26% drop in coupled power over the temperature range -40 to +70°C.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; data communication equipment; digital communication; gallium compounds; indium compounds; light emitting diodes; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; stability; wide band gap semiconductors; -40 to 70 degC; 100 m; 200 Mbit/s; 509 nm; BER; InGaN-GaN; InGaN/GaN LED; Mbit/s data transmission; bit error rate; device fabrication; emission wavelength; light sources; low temperature dependence; multimedia networks; nitride LEDs; optical power; plastic optical fibre; surface emitting LEDs; temperature stability; transmission loss;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021004
