Title :
Plastic optical fibers in telecommunications: analysis, comparison and applications
Author :
Oliveira, I.A.S. ; Bonfim, Márlio
Author_Institution :
Departamento de Eng. Eletrica, Univ. Fed. do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
Abstract :
This article describes the main improvements of the researches in Plastic Optical Fiber technology worldwide with focus on the development of commercial Graduated Index Perfluorinated Plastic Optical Fiber (GI PF POF) for data communications in order to reach better performance by lowering transmission losses (attenuation and dispersion).
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical polymers; refractive index; PMMA; attenuation peaks; commercial graduated index perfluorinated plastic fiber; copolymer; data communications; manufacturing processes; moisture sensitivity; plastic optical fiber technology; refractive index profile; transmission losses; Application software; Bandwidth; Manufacturing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Plastics;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7824-5
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242655
