Demultiplexer for wavelength division multiplexing over polymer optical fibers applicable for high-volume production

Ulrich H. P. Fischer-Hirchert; Sebastian Höll; Matthias Haupt; Mladen Joncic

doi:10.1117/1.OE.54.10.106105

14 October 2015 Demultiplexer for wavelength division multiplexing over polymer optical fibers applicable for high-volume production

Ulrich H. P. Fischer-Hirchert, Sebastian Höll, Matthias Haupt, Mladen Joncic

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 54, Issue 10, 106105 (October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.10.106105

Abstract

Polymer optical fibers (POF) offer only transmission so far with one wavelength at 650 nm. In order to increase the overall transfer rate, the key element for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) over POF will be presented. This element is a demultiplexer (DEMUX), which was designed in polymethylmethacrylate with an optical grating on an aspherical mirror to be produced by injection molding in a further development steps. The master was produced by diamond turning as a master for injection molding replication. The results of the different simulations followed by the development steps and the measurements of the prototype are presented. This prototype is used as a DEMUX in a WDM system with four wavelengths. In the WDM system, bit-error ratio (BER) measurements with an 8.26 Gb/s cumulated data rate in an offline processed discrete multitone modulation technique have been achieved over 100 m SI-POF at a BER of 10−³.

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Ulrich H. P. Fischer-Hirchert, Sebastian Höll, Matthias Haupt, and Mladen Joncic "Demultiplexer for wavelength division multiplexing over polymer optical fibers applicable for high-volume production," Optical Engineering 54(10), 106105 (14 October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.10.106105

Published: 14 October 2015

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