Title :
Progress of low-loss GI polymer optical fiber from visible to 1.5-μm wavelength
Author :
Koike, Yasuhiro ; Ishigure, Takaaki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
The progress of the graded index (GI) polymer optical fiber (GI POF) for high-speed data communication is reviewed. It was experimentally confirmed that the gigabit data transmission for several hundred meter at 1.3-μm wavelength was enabled by the low-loss perfluorinated (PF) polymer base GI POF. We describe an improvement in the thermal stability and long-term reliability of the GI POF which is one of the key issues in order to realize the high speed POF network. We believe that these progresses of low-loss perfluorinated polymer base GI POF have triggered the realization of the high-speed POF network
Keywords :
optical fibre losses; 1.3 mum; gigabit data transmission; high speed POF network; high-speed POF network; high-speed data communication; long-term reliability; low-loss GI polymer optical fiber; low-loss perfluorinated polymer base GI POF; optical fibre networks; review; thermal stability;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971365
