Two Different Solutions for Gigabit Ethernet Transmission over POF

Two completely different approaches for a Gigabit Ethernet compliant stream transmission over 50m of 1mm PMMA SI-POF have been experimentally demonstrated and are compared in this paper. The first solution is based on a commercial RC-LED transmission and a careful optimization of the physical layer architecture, realized during the POF-PLUS EU Project. The second solution exploits the performance of an edge-emitting laser at the transmitter side in order to avoid any sort of electrical equalization at the receiver side.

Authors:

• Stefano Straullu
• Silvio Abrate
• Antonino Nespola
• Paolo Savio
• Roberto Gaudino

Keywords:

• Gigabit Ethernet
• Home Networking
• Step-Index Polymer Optical Fiber (SI-POF)

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