Title :
Avalanche photodiode enhanced PAM-32 5 Gb/s LED-POF link
Author :
Li, Xin ; Wei, J.L. ; Bamiedakis, N. ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Dept., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
Record error-free 5 Gb/s data transmission over 25 m of SI-POF is demonstrated in an LED-POF link using a PAM-32 modulation scheme. The APD-based receiver is shown to provide 8 dB greater link power budget over a PIN photodiode-based link.
Keywords :
avalanche diodes; light emitting diodes; light transmission; optical fibres; optical modulation; photodiodes; pulse amplitude modulation; APD-based receiver; LED-POF link; PAM-32 modulation scheme; PIN photodiode-based link; avalanche photodiode; bit rate 5 Gbit/s; error-free data transmission; light-emitting diodes; step-index plastic optical fibre; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964013
