1.25 Gb/s transmission over 25m of 1mm standard step-index PMMA polymer optical fiber for gigabit ethernet

S.C.J. Lee, H.P.A. Boom, van den, R.L. Duijn, P.K. Bennekom, van, J. Zeng, S. Randel, B. Spinnler, A.M.J. Koonen

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Abstract

We report 1.25 Gb/s error-free transmission over 25 m of standard 1 mm core diameter step-index PMMA POF by only simple means to improve bandwidth. The experiment is carried out with a 658 nm laser diode for DVD applications and a Si PIN photodiode. By launching a collimated beam into the POF and spatially filtering out the higher order modes with a 200 µm diameter photodiode followed by a transimpedance amplifier, such high data rates can be achieved. This result shows the potential of 1 mm step-index PMMA POF as a simple and cost-effective solution to support broadband technologies like Gigabit Ethernet. By using more advanced transmission schemes, one could more fully exploit the capacity of large-core PMMA POF and extend the range to even larger distances.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 11th European Conference on Networks & Optical Communications (NOC 2006) 11 - 13 July, Berlin, Germany
Place of PublicationBerlin, Germany
PublisherFraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications
Pages110-117
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event11th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2006) - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 11 Jul 200613 Jul 2006
Conference number: 11

Conference

Conference11th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2006)
Abbreviated titleNOC 2006
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period11/07/0613/07/06

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