Multigigabit/s perfluorinated graded-index plastic-optical-fiber data links with butt-coupled single-mode InGaAs VCSEL

Felix Mederer; Roland Jaeger; Peter Schnitzer; Heiko J. Unold; Max Kicherer; Karl Joachim Ebeling; Masaki Naritomi; Ryouta Yoshida

doi:10.1117/12.370320

12 November 1999 Multigigabit/s perfluorinated graded-index plastic-optical-fiber data links with butt-coupled single-mode InGaAs VCSEL

Felix Mederer, Roland Jaeger, Peter Schnitzer, Heiko J. Unold, Max Kicherer, Karl Joachim Ebeling, Masaki Naritomi, Ryouta Yoshida

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Proceedings Volume 3896, Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Photonic Devices; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370320
Event: International Symposium on Photonics and Applications, 1999, Singapore, Singapore

Abstract

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with emission wavelengths in the range from 850 nm to 950 nm are highly attractive light sources for low-cost, high-speed data transmission over several hundred meters of perfluorinated graded-index plastic-optical fibers (GI- POFs). Multi-Gigabit/s data transmission over common PMA- based step-index POFs is generally limited to several meters predominantly due to dispersion. Here, we demonstrate 3 Gbit/s and 7 Gbit/s pseudo-random-bit-sequence non-return- to-zero data transmission over 80 m perfluorinated GI-POF made of CYTOP using a single mode butt-coupled selectively oxidized InGaAs VCSEL source emitting at 935 nm emission wavelength. For 3 Gbit/s data rather the received optical power for a bit error rate (BER) of 10^-11 is -22.5 dBm for back-to-back (BTB). A power penalty of 1 dB is found for transmission over 100 m graded-index multimode glass fiber and 2 dB for 80 m GI-POF for 80 m GI- POF transmission. Reduced power penalty observed at 7 Gbit/s is attributed to the restricted modulation bandwidth of the VCSEL used in the experiment.

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Felix Mederer, Roland Jaeger, Peter Schnitzer, Heiko J. Unold, Max Kicherer, Karl Joachim Ebeling, Masaki Naritomi, and Ryouta Yoshida "Multigigabit/s perfluorinated graded-index plastic-optical-fiber data links with butt-coupled single-mode InGaAs VCSEL", Proc. SPIE 3896, Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Photonic Devices, (12 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370320

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