Title :
Low-Cost and Robust 1-Gbit/s Plastic Optical Fiber Link Based on Light-Emitting Diode Technology
Author :
Lee, S.C. ; Breyer, Felipe ; Randel, S. ; Ziemann, O. ; van den Boom, H.P.A. ; Koonen, A.M.J.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Tech. Univ. of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
1-Gbit/s transmission is demonstrated over 50 m of step-index PMMA plastic optical fiber (1-mm core-diameter) using a commercial light-emitting diode. This is enabled by use of discrete multitone modulation with up to 64-QAM constellation mapping.
Keywords :
light emitting diodes; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical transmitters; polymer fibres; quadrature amplitude modulation; PMMA; QAM; bit rate 1 Gbit/s; discrete multitone modulation; distance 50 m; light-emitting diode; plastic optical fiber link; Communication standards; High speed optical techniques; Light emitting diodes; OFDM modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Plastics; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528667
