Title :
Dispersion in laser-based polymer optical fiber links
Author :
Yabre, G. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Boom, H.P.A.v.d. ; Li, W. ; Bennekom, P.K.v.
Author_Institution :
COBRA, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
We show that factors that have until now been given little attention can have a large impact on the data rate transmission performance of graded-index polymer optical fibers (GIPOF). Our model presents a full description of the dispersion which incorporates all the parameters involved in the determination of the total bandwidth. It is based on analytically evaluating the frequency response of the fiber instead of the direct calculation of the pulse broadening from the moments of the impulse response. We show that the baseband bandwidth is enhanced in GIPOFs mainly due to the large differential mode attenuation (DMA)
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical polymers; bandwidth; data transmission; differential mode attenuation; dispersion; frequency response; graded-index polymer optical fiber; laser link; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Baseband; Fiber lasers; Frequency response; Laser modes; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813584