First plastic optical fibre transmission experiment using 520nm LEDs with intensity modulation/direct detection

Authors
Matsuoka, T Ito, T Kaino, T
Citation
T. Matsuoka et al., First plastic optical fibre transmission experiment using 520nm LEDs with intensity modulation/direct detection, ELECTR LETT, 36(22), 2000, pp. 1836-1837
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00135194 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
22
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1836 - 1837
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(20001026)36:22<1836:FPOFTE>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A plastic optical fibre (POF) transmission experiment utilising green LEDs at a wavelength of 520nm is reported. The transmission loss of the 100m POF was 10dB, which is considerably lower than the loss for red (660nm) and bl ue (470nm) LEDs. The receiver sensitivity at 30Mbit/s was -20.8dB at 10(-9) bit error rate, which suggests the possibility of a longer length signal t ransmission, 200m or longer.