100Mb/s Transmissions over Short Reach SI-POF Links: Experimental Demonstration of Extended Reach Systems

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Crdenas, Daniel; Gaudino, Roberto (Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy)
Nespola, Antonino; Camatel, Stefano; Abrate, Silvio (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Torino, Italy)

Abstract:
We present record results for extended reach 1-mm SI-POF systems, using equalization and 8-PAM to overcome POF bandwidth limitations. We experimentally demonstrate error-free transmission at 100-Mbit/s over a 200m link and reliable transmission after FEC over a 275m link.