Graded-index polymer optical fiber for high-speed data communication

Takaaki Ishigure; Eisuke Nihei; Yasuhiro Koike

doi:10.1364/AO.33.004261

Graded-index polymer optical fiber for high-speed data communication

Takaaki Ishigure, Eisuke Nihei, Yasuhiro Koike

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Abstract

We successfully obtained a high-bandwidth (1 GHz km) and low-loss (90 dB/km at 0.572 Plm of wavelength) graded-index polymer optical fiber by using the interfacial-gel polymerization technique, in which we used an unreactive component to obtain the quadratic refractive-index distribution. This high-bandwidth graded-index polymer optical fiber makes it possible to transmit a high-speed optical signal in a short-range network, which is not possible when we use the step-index type of polymer optical fiber commercially available.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4261-4266
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	33
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.33.004261
Publication status	Published - 1994 Jul

Keywords

Graded index
High bandwidth
Interfacial-gel polymerization technique
Low loss
Polymer optical fiber

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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