Abstract
We report a novel 4 × 4 hard polymer clad fiber (HPCF) splitter fabricated by a fusion and tapering technique showing an excess loss less than 4.58 dB and insertion loss of 10.50 dB, which can be directly applied in short reach (SR) HPCF optical links. The device also showed an excellent uniformity in the power splitting ratio with power fluctuation less than 0.25 dB over a wide spectral range, 600-900 nm, which can significantly alleviate the spectral requirements in transmitters and enable wavelength-division multiplexing. The 1 × 4 passive optical network SR HPCF link for Ethernet communication was experimentally demonstrated over 100 in of HPCF at the data rate of 1.25 Gb/s for the optical signal at 850 nm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2355-2357 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Nov |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received April 19, 2005; revised July 21, 2005. This work was supported in part by UFON, an ERC program sponsored by KOSEF, in part by BK21 supported by MOE, and in part by ITRC-CHOAN program in Korea. The authors are with the Department of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea (e-mail: koh@gist.ac.kr). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/LPT.2005.857598
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering