Title :
Gigabit transmission over PMMA step-index plastic optical fiber using an optical receiver for multilevel communication
Author :
Atef, M. ; Swoboda, R. ; Zimmermann, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electrodynamics, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
1Gbit/s transmission with four-level pulse amplitude modulation over low cost 20 m PMMA step-index plastic optical fiber at a BER of 10-8 was achieved by using an integrated optical receiver designed for multilevel signalling.
Keywords :
error statistics; fibre reinforced plastics; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical receivers; pulse amplitude modulation; telecommunication signalling; PMMA step-index plastic optical fiber; bit error statistics; bit rate 1 Gbit/s; four-level pulse amplitude modulation; gigabit transmission; multilevel communication; multilevel signalling; optical receiver; Adaptive optics; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621491
