Abstract
It is demonstrated that ballpoint-pen interconnect of graded-index plastic optical fibers (GI POFs) can allow for higher SNR for fiber-axis misalignment which cannot be tolerated for conventional butt-coupling of glass multimode fiber (MMF). In an MMF link with a vertical surface emitting laser, we evaluated coupling loss and relative intensity noise for ball-lens-coupled GI POFs which was developed with ballpoint-pen technology. The results show that the ball-lens coupling can significantly reduce coupling loss and transmission noise induced by fiber misalignment through expansion and collimation of output beam with ball lens. These properties of the ballpoint-pen interconnect can reduce required lanes using multilevel modulation scheme without additional noise-suppression components, paving the way for thinner 4K/8K interfaces for consumer applications.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 24th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers, POF 2015 - Conference Proceedings |
Publisher | International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers |
Pages | 49-52 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | 24th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers, POF 2015 - Nuremberg, Germany Duration: 2015 Sep 22 → 2015 Sep 24 |
Other
Other | 24th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers, POF 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Nuremberg |
Period | 15/9/22 → 15/9/24 |
Keywords
- Ballpoint-pen interconnect
- Modal noise
- Reflection noise
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Materials Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics