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Experimental proof-of-concept of bidirectional gigabit transmission over single step-index plastic optical fiber

Abstract:

We demonstrated a Gigabit bidirectional transmission over a single step-index plastic optical fiber running at 20 m. The solution is attractive for potentially low-cost consumer electronic short-distance cabling at a high data rate requiring simple installation. In particular, thanks to the extremely small cable diameter (2.2 mm overall), it may find applications in brown-field installations that have to reuse existing ducts. © 2006 IEEE.