Opportunities to enhance multimode fiber links by application of overfilled launch

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3526-3540

  Donlagić, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

DMD; Gigabit Ethernet; Modal dispersion; Multimode fiber; Overfilled launch; Restricted launch; VCSEL; VCSEL array

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER NETWORKS; LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTIMIZATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DIFFERENTIAL MODE DELAY (DMD); GIGABIT ETHERNET; MODAL DISPERSION; MULTIMODE FIBER LINKS; VCSEL ARRAY; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 30344451079     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.855875     Document Type: Article

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