Multimode optical fibre links for datacommunications

There has been much interest in recent years in the use of multimode fibre links at ever higher bit rates. Current standards activities are seeking to achieve 10 Gbit/s operation at lengths of up to 300 m using installed-base fibre. To achieve such performance, techniques must be developed to overcome the dispersion limits and maximise the efficient use of MMF response. This paper presents a range of recent techniques to achieve this.