Title :
3 Gbit/s LED-based step index plastic optical fiber link using multilevel pulse amplitude modulation
Author :
Geng, L. ; Wei, J.L. ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H. ; Cunningham, David G.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Dept., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
Multilevel PAM is investigated for a LED-based SI-POF link. Using PAM-8, transmission at a record 3 Gbit/s is demonstrated for a maximum length of 25 m step index POF with offline post-receiver processing.
Keywords :
light emitting diodes; optical fibre networks; optical links; optical receivers; pulse amplitude modulation; LED-based SI-POF link; LED-based step index plastic optical fiber link; PAM-8 transmission; bit rate 3 Gbit/s; distance 25 m; multilevel PAM; multilevel pulse amplitude modulation; offline post-receiver processing; step index POF; Bandwidth; Light emitting diodes; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
