μLED-based single-wavelength bi-directional POF link with 10 Gb/s aggregate data rate

Li, Xin and Bamiedakis, Nikolaos and Wei, Jinlong and McKendry, Jonathan J. D. and Xie, Enyuan and Ferreira, Ricardo and Gu, Erdan and Dawson, Martin D. and Penty, Richard V. and White, Ian H. (2015) μLED-based single-wavelength bi-directional POF link with 10 Gb/s aggregate data rate. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 33 (17). pp. 3571-3576. ISSN 0733-8724 (https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2015.2443984)

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Abstract

We report record 10 Gb/s bi-directional data transmission over a single 10 m SI-POF, by employing blue microlight-emitting diodes (μLEDs) at a single wavelength, APD receivers, and a PAM-32 modulation scheme. The implementation of 10 Gb/s LED-POF links takes advantage of the bi-directional configuration, which doubles the overall channel capacity, and APDs, which provide an enhanced link power budget owing to their improved sensitivity compared with conventional p-i-n photodiodes. Moreover, the high spectral efficiency of the PAM-32 modulation scheme employed, together with equalization techniques, enable the full utilization of the link bandwidth and the transmission of data rates higher than those obtained with conventional on–off keying. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of such a bi-directional link, and simultaneous 5 Gb/s data transmission is realized in each direction, achieving an aggregate data rate of 10 Gb/s with a BER textless 10−3. The crosstalk penalty between the two directions of the link is measured to be less than 0.5 dB.

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Li, Xin, Bamiedakis, Nikolaos, Wei, Jinlong, McKendry, Jonathan J. D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6379-3955, Xie, Enyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7776-8091, Ferreira, Ricardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1731-1588, Gu, Erdan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-9902, Dawson, Martin D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-2989, Penty, Richard V. and White, Ian H.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:54187
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 September 2015
    Published
    16 June 2015
    Published Online
    13 May 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:This paper demonstrates record performance in polymer optical fibre (POF) based Datacom links, based on micro-pixel gallium nitride LED technology developed at Strathclyde. POF systems are of major interest worldwide for new low-cost, short-reach communications links for in-home, automotive and aviation applications. These results extend POF performance to new levels, opening up possibilities in areas including the interconnected house, 3DTV, HDTV and multi-sensor networks. The work was undertaken under an EPSRC Programme Grant conceived and led by Professor Dawson.
    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics
    Faculty of Science > Physics
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Photonics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:08 Sep 2015 07:53
    Last modified:17 Nov 2024 01:10
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/54187
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