Title :
Low-cost and high-capacity short-range optical interconnects using graded-index plastic optical fiber
Author :
Tangdiongga, E. ; Yang, H. ; Lee, S.C.J. ; Okonkwo, C.M. ; van den Boom, H.P.A. ; Randel, S. ; Koonen, A.M.J.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We demonstrate a transmission rate of 51.8 Gb/s over 100-meters of perfluorinated multimode graded-index plastic optical fiber using discrete multitone modulation. The results prove suitability of plastic fibers for low-cost high-capacity optical interconnects.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; optical modulation; bit rate 51.8 Gbit/s; discrete multitone modulation; multimode graded-index plastic optical fiber; short-range optical interconnects; Bandwidth; OFDM modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Plastics; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
