Hard polymer cladding fiber (HPCF) links for high-speed short reach 1 × 4 passive optical network (PON) based on All-HPCF compatible fused taper power splitter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2355-2357

  Kim, D U ^a   Bae, S C ^a   Kim, J ^a   Kim, T Y ^a   Park, C S ^a   Oh, K ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fusion tapering technique; Hard polymer clad fiber (HPCF); Optical power splitter; Passive optical network (PON); Power budget; Short reach (SR) link

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FUSION-TAPERING TECHNIQUE; HARD POLYMER CLAD FIBER (HDCF); PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK; POWER BUDGET; SHORT REACH LINK;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 27744545113     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.857598     Document Type: Article

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