TY - JOUR
T1 - Discrete multitone modulation for maximizing transmission rate in step-index plastic optical fibers
AU - Lee, S.C. Jeffrey
AU - Breyer, Florian
AU - Randel, Sebastian
AU - Gaudino, Roberto
AU - Bosco, Gabriella
AU - Bluschke, Andreas
AU - Matthews, Michael
AU - Rietzsch, Philipp
AU - Steglich, Rainer
AU - van den Boom, Henrie P.A.
AU - Koonen, Antonius M.J.
PY - 2009/6/1
Y1 - 2009/6/1
N2 - The use of standard 1-mm core-diameter step-index plastic optical fiber (SI-POF) has so far been mainly limited to distances of up to 100 m and bit-rates in the order of 100 Mbit/s. By use of digital signal processing, transmission performance of such optical links can be improved. Among the different technical solutions proposed, a promising one is based on the use of discrete multitone (DMT) modulation, directly applied to intensity-modulated, direct detection (IM/DD) SI-POF links. This paper presents an overview of DMT over SI-POF and demonstrates how DMT can be used to improve transmission rate in such IM/DD systems. The achievable capacity of an SI-POF channel is first analyzed theoretically and then validated by experimental results. Additionally, first experimental demonstrations of a real-time DMT over SI-POF system are presented and discussed.
AB - The use of standard 1-mm core-diameter step-index plastic optical fiber (SI-POF) has so far been mainly limited to distances of up to 100 m and bit-rates in the order of 100 Mbit/s. By use of digital signal processing, transmission performance of such optical links can be improved. Among the different technical solutions proposed, a promising one is based on the use of discrete multitone (DMT) modulation, directly applied to intensity-modulated, direct detection (IM/DD) SI-POF links. This paper presents an overview of DMT over SI-POF and demonstrates how DMT can be used to improve transmission rate in such IM/DD systems. The achievable capacity of an SI-POF channel is first analyzed theoretically and then validated by experimental results. Additionally, first experimental demonstrations of a real-time DMT over SI-POF system are presented and discussed.
KW - Frequency division multiplexing
KW - Multimode waveguides
KW - Optical fiber communication
KW - Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)
KW - Signal processing
KW - Subcarrier multiplexing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=66949173362&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JLT.2009.2013480
DO - 10.1109/JLT.2009.2013480
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:66949173362
VL - 27
SP - 1503
EP - 1513
JO - Journal of Lightwave Technology
JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology
SN - 0733-8724
IS - 11
ER -