Recent achievements in POF transmission

Author

Tangdiongga, E. ; Shi, Y. ; Okonkwo, C.M. ; van den Boom, H.P.A. ; Koonen, A.M.J.

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2012

fDate

16-20 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The potential for `do-it-yourself´ installation, easy maintenance, and high bending tolerance is driving the commercialization of large-core polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA) plastic optical fibres (POFs) for short-range multi-gigabit transmission capacities. Record transmission rates have been achieved, by using advanced modulation formats with simple intensity-modulation direct-detection systems with low-cost and eye-safe transceivers to enable transmission over 50-m POF links. In addition, results of transmitting high-capacity baseband signals together with wireless signals such as OFDM ultra-wide band transmitted over a single POF infrastructure are presented to highlight the key potential for POF-enabled delivery of both high-speed wired and wireless services.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; bending; intensity modulation; optical fibre networks; optical links; optical modulation; optical polymers; optical transceivers; ultra wideband communication; OFDM ultrawideband transmission; PMMA POF transmission; POF links; POF-enabled delivery; bending tolerance; distance 50 m; high-capacity baseband signal transmission; high-speed wired service; high-speed wireless service; intensity-modulation direct-detection systems; large-core polymethylmetacrylate plastic optical fibres; low-cost eye-safe transceivers; short-range multigigabit transmission capacities; single POF infrastructure; wireless signals; Bandwidth; Bit rate; OFDM; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Type

conf

Filename

6705962