Title :
Mode coupling: Why POF Supports 40Gbps
Author :
Polley, Arup ; Balemarthy, Kasyapa ; Ralph, Stephen E.
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally and numerically that mode-coupling in graded index plastic optical fiber enables 40 Gbps over 200 m in the presence of dramatic refractive index errors.
Keywords :
error analysis; optical fibres; refractive index; POF; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; graded index plastic optical fiber; mode coupling; refractive index errors; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Delay; Glass; Optical computing; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Plastics; Power distribution; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453196
