High-bandwidth, high-numerical aperture graded-index polymer optical fiber

Author

Ishigure, Takaaki ; Horibe, Akihiro ; Nihei, Eisuke ; Koike, Yasuhiro

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

13

Issue

8

fYear

1995

fDate

8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1686

Lastpage

1691

Abstract

A new large core (0.5-1.0 mm) graded-index polymer optical fiber was proposed to solve the connection problem of the single-mode silica fiber indoor use for high speed multimedia network. The bending loss for 10-mm bending diameter was dramatically decreased from 20 dB to less than 1 dB by preparing the high numerical aperture graded-index polymer optical fiber. The bandwidth was 585.2 MHz km which was one hundred times larger than that of any existent step-index polymer optical fibers, and the attenuation was 150 dB/km at 650-nm wavelength

Keywords

bending; gradient index optics; multimedia communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical polymers; 0.5 to 1 mm; 650 nm; attenuation; bending diameter; bending loss; high speed multimedia network; high-bandwidth high-numerical aperture graded-index polymer optical fiber; large core; single-mode silica fiber; step-index polymer optical fibers; Apertures; Bandwidth; Communication cables; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Polymer gels;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.405310

Filename

405310