Achieving 1 GBPS Over Step-Index Plastic Optical Fiber by controlling the effective Numerical Apertures

Abstract

We proposed to mitigate the effect of modal dispersion by reducing the effective NA of the fiber link. A simple spatial mode filtering technique has been experimentally demonstrated to improve the performance over a 30 m link, achieving a BER of 10-8 at 1 Gbps. This approach offers a simple and a cost-effective solution to deliver Gigabit Ethernet using NRZ signaling over short reach POF networks employing standard 1 mm SI-POF