Abstract
The use of standard 1-mm SI-POF has been so far mainly limited to distances below 100 meters and low bitrates, of the order of 100 Mbps. The EU project POF-ALL is currently investigating on how to extend these limits in terms of both increased reach and/or higher bit-rates. Among the different technical solutions addressed inside POFALL, a very interesting one is based on the use of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) directly applied to optical links based on POF. This paper presents a theoretical introduction to OFDM over POF, then shows two very interesting recent experimental results, one showing 100 Mbit/s over 200m using commercially available VDSL chips, another demonstrating 1 Gbit/s over 100 m using lasers, and 1 Gbit/s over 25 m using RC-LED..
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF 2007) 10 - 12 September 2007, Turin, Italy |
Pages | 283-288 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Event | 16th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF 2007) - Turin, Italy Duration: 10 Sept 2007 → 12 Sept 2007 Conference number: 16 |
Conference
Conference | 16th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF 2007) |
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Abbreviated title | POF 2007 |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Turin |
Period | 10/09/07 → 12/09/07 |