Title :
Gradient-Index plastic optical fiber for all-optical gigabit internet infrastructure in home/office network
Author :
Park, Chang-Won ; Kwon, Omi ; Hwang, Seung Sang ; Lee, So Young
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. Eng., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
Gradient-Index Plastic Optical Fiber (GI-POF) offers significant potential as an ultra-high bandwidth communication medium for EMI-free all-optical network architecture that is especially suitable for gigabit Internet home networking service. Recent advances in GI-POF are discussed.
Keywords :
Internet; bandwidth allocation; electromagnetic interference; optical fibre networks; EMI-free all-optical network; GI-POF; all-optical gigabit Internet; gigabit Internet home networking service; gradient-index plastic optical fiber; home-office network; ultra-high bandwidth communication; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Electronic mail; Optical fibers; Plastics; Quality of service; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet (COIN), 2010 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7181-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8221-4
DOI :
10.1109/COIN.2010.5546662
