Title :
Integrated analogue adaptive equalizer for gigabit transmission over standard step index plastic optical fibre (SI-POF)
Author :
Sundermeyer, Jan ; Tan, Jun ; Zerna, Conrad
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
A fully analogue PAM-2 equalizer IC is presented, that uses slope steepness detection to adapt itself to the channel. Its functionality is demonstrated by experimental results for 1.0 Gbit/s-transmission over 50 m SI-POF at 650 nm wavelength.
Keywords :
adaptive equalisers; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; pulse amplitude modulation; bit rate 1.0 Gbit/s; gigabit transmission; integrated analogue adaptive equalizer; multimode fibre; pulse amplitude modulation; size 50 m; slope steepness detection; standard step index plastic optical fibre; wavelength 650 nm; Adaptive equalizers; Adders; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Delay; Detectors; Optical fibers; Plastics; Transfer functions; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343311
