Spectral and spatial characterization of perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fibers for the distribution of optical wireless communication cells

Abstract

Abstract:In this paper, the characterization of a perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fiber (PF-GIPOF) for a high-bitrate indoor optical wireless system is reported. PF-GIPOF is used here to interconnect different optical wireless access points that distribute optical free-space high-bitrate wireless communication cells. The PF-GIPOF channel is first studied in terms of transmission attenuation and frequency response and, in a second step, the spatial power profile distribution at the fiber output is analyzed. Both character-izations are performed under varying restricted mode launch conditions, enabling us to assess the trans-mission channel performance subject to potential connectorization errors within an environment where the end users may intervene by themselves on the home network infrastructure.

Multimode fibers in millimeter-wave evolution for 5G cellular networks

“…All the former PON systems can be used as high capacity fronthaul/backhaul networks for high speed wireless access based on small cells and mm-wave radio. Radio over multimode fiber technologies have been proposed in-building networks [5] for the distribution of optical wireless communication cells [6] as well as in broadband access networks [7], [8]. Temperature impairment characterization has also been analyzed over the broadband transmission bands that can be present in the frequency response of multimode fiber (MMF) are to support multiple-GHz carriers delivering schemes [9].…”