10-Gb/s Transmission over 10-m SI-POF with M-PAM and Multilayer Perceptron Equalizer

Isaac N. Osahon*, Majid Safari, Wasiu O. Popoola

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Abstract

We demonstrate the gigabit-per-second transmission over a step-index plastic optical fiber (SI-POF) of 10-m length with a pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM). A multilayer perceptron-based equalizer is used to mitigate an intersymbol interference and non-linearity in the system. Using this equalizer with 32-PAM, a data rate of 10 Gb/s is achieved over the 10-m SI-POF at a bit error rate of 10 -2 , which is below the 20% forward error correction limit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)9781538653586
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Nov 2018
Event31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society, IPC 2018 - Reston, United States
Duration: 30 Sept 20184 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameIEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)
PublisherIEEE
Volume2018
ISSN (Print)2374-0140
ISSN (Electronic)2575-274X

Conference

Conference31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society, IPC 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityReston
Period30/09/184/10/18

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Decision feedback equalizer
  • Multilayer perceptron (MLP)
  • Non-linearity
  • Polymer optical fiber (POF)
  • Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)

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