Title :
Ultra-wideband capacity enhancement of 50 μm multimode fibre links up to 3km using orthogonal polarisation transmission in C-band
Author :
Rochat, E. ; Walker, S.D. ; Parker, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester
Abstract :
We show that legacy 50 mum multimode fibre lengths up to 3 km maintain polarisation orthogonality across the C-band with circularly-polarised single-mode fibre centre-launched signals. Optical extinction ratios >12 dB were obtained for simultaneous 3 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s data-streams
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; 3 Gbit/s; 3 km; 4 to 8 GHz; 5 Gbit/s; 50 mum; C-band; centre-launched signals; circularly-polarised fibre; data streams; multimode fibre lengths; multimode fibre links; optical extinction ratio; orthogonal polarisation transmission; polarisation multiplexing; polarisation orthogonality; single-mode fibre; ultrawideband capacity enhancement; Bandwidth; Delay; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
