10-Gb/s Pulse-Amplitude Modulated Transmission Over 1-mm Large-Core Polymer Optical Fiber

Author

Loquai, Sven ; Kruglov, Roman ; Bunge, Christian-Alexander ; Ziemann, Olaf ; Schmauss, Bernhard

Author_Institution

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

Volume

24

Issue

10

fYear

2012

fDate

5/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

851

Lastpage

853

Abstract

The authors report on a 10-Gb/s transmission over 1-mm large-core diameter polymer optical fiber (POF) using pulse-amplitude modulation. For the first time, a real-time 10-Gb/s eye-diagram is shown after 5-m standard step-index POF (SI-POF), even with an eye-safe transmitter (0 dBm). With an offline decision feedback equalization technique, a link length of 10-m SI-POF, respectively, 25-m GI-POF was achieved. With a slightly higher optical power of +5 dBm, the maximum link length could even be increased to 30-m SI-POF and 60-m GI-POF.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical polymers; optical transmitters; pulse amplitude modulation; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; eye-diagram; eye-safe transmitter; large-core polymer optical fiber; offline decision feedback equalization technique; pulse-amplitude modulated transmission; step-index; Bit error rate; Decision feedback equalizers; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Q factor; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Eye-safe; optical communication; polymer optical fiber; pulse-amplitude modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2012.2189002

Filename

6158582