• DocumentCode
    452230
  • Title

    Ultra-wideband capacity enhancement of 50 μm multimode fibre links up to 3km using orthogonal polarisation transmission in C-band

  • Author

    Rochat, E. ; Walker, S.D. ; Parker, M.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that legacy 50 mum multimode fibre lengths up to 3 km maintain polarisation orthogonality across the C-band with circularly-polarised single-mode fibre centre-launched signals. Optical extinction ratios >12 dB were obtained for simultaneous 3 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s data-streams
  • Keywords
    multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; 3 Gbit/s; 3 km; 4 to 8 GHz; 5 Gbit/s; 50 mum; C-band; centre-launched signals; circularly-polarised fibre; data streams; multimode fibre lengths; multimode fibre links; optical extinction ratio; orthogonal polarisation transmission; polarisation multiplexing; polarisation orthogonality; single-mode fibre; ultrawideband capacity enhancement; Bandwidth; Delay; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Ultra wideband technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Copenhagen
  • Print_ISBN
    87-90974-63-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1601020