Low-cost fused taper polymer optical fiber (LFT-POF) splitters for environmental and home-networking solution

L. S. Supian; Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman; Mohd Hazwan Harun; Hadi Gunab; Malik Sulaiman; Nani Fadzlina Naim

doi:10.1117/12.2271396

22 August 2017 Low-cost fused taper polymer optical fiber (LFT-POF) splitters for environmental and home-networking solution

L. S. Supian, Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman, Mohd Hazwan Harun, Hadi Gunab, Malik Sulaiman, Nani Fadzlina Naim

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Proceedings Volume 10453, Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 104530B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271396
Event: Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 2017, Faro, Portugal

Abstract

In visible optical communication over the multimode PMMA fibers, the overall cost of optical network can be reduced by deploying economical splitters for distributing the optical data signals from a point to multipoint in transmission network. The low-cost splitters shall have two main characteristics; good uniformity and high power efficiency. The most cost-effective and environmental friendly optical splitter having those characteristics have been developed. The device material is 100% purely based on the multimode step-index PMMA Polymer Optical Fiber (POF). The region which all fibers merged as single fiber is called as fused-taper POF. This ensures that all fibers are melted and fused properly. The results for uniformity and power efficiency of all splitters have been revealed by injecting red LED transmitter with 650 nm wavelength into input port while each end of output fibers measured by optical power meter. Final analysis shows our fused-taper splitter has low excess loss 0.53 dB and each of the output port has low insertion loss, which the average value is below 7 dB. In addition, the splitter has good uniformity that is 32:37:31% in which it is suitably used for demultiplexer fabrication.

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L. S. Supian, Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman, Mohd Hazwan Harun, Hadi Gunab, Malik Sulaiman, and Nani Fadzlina Naim "Low-cost fused taper polymer optical fiber (LFT-POF) splitters for environmental and home-networking solution", Proc. SPIE 10453, Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 104530B (22 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271396

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Demultiplexers

Optical communications

Polymer optical fibers

Polymethylmethacrylate

Data communications

Optical fibers

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