Hard polymer cladding fiber (HPCF) links for high-speed short reach 1×4 passive optical network (PON) based on all-HPCF compatible fused taper power splitter

Author

Kim, D.U. ; Bae, S.C. ; Kim, J. ; Kim, T.-Y. ; Park, C.-S. ; Oh, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., South Korea

Volume

17

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2355

Lastpage

2357

Abstract

We report a novel 4×4 hard polymer clad fiber (HPCF) splitter fabricated by a fusion and tapering technique showing an excess loss less than 4.58 dB and insertion loss of 10.50 dB, which can be directly applied in short reach (SR) HPCF optical links. The device also showed an excellent uniformity in the power splitting ratio with power fluctuation less than 0.25 dB over a wide spectral range, 600-900 nm, which can significantly alleviate the spectral requirements in transmitters and enable wavelength-division multiplexing. The 1×4 passive optical network SR HPCF link for Ethernet communication was experimentally demonstrated over 100 m of HPCF at the data rate of 1.25 Gb/s for the optical signal at 850 nm.

Keywords

fluctuations; high-speed optical techniques; melting; optical beam splitters; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical polymers; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.25 Gbit/s; 600 to 900 nm; Ethernet communication; all-HPCF compatible power splitter; fiber fabrication; fused taper power splitter; fusion technique; hard polymer cladding fiber; high-speed short reach; insertion loss; optical links; passive optical network; power fluctuation; power splitting ratio; spectral requirements; tapering technique; transmitters; wavelength-division multiplexing; Fluctuations; Insertion loss; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical polymers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Strontium; Fusion-tapering technique; hard polymer clad fiber (HPCF); optical power splitter; passive optical network (PON); power budget; short reach (SR) link;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.857598

Filename

1522318