Terabit Optical Wireless-Fiber Communication With Kramer-Kronig Receiver—Part II

Terabit-per-Second Fiber Optical Communication Becomes Practical

Humans used optical signals intuitively for the purpose of communication in ancient times. Modern day optical communication systems are instead based on the fundamental understanding of information theory and technological advances in optical devices and components. The Optical Society (OSA) played a vital role in making fiber-optic communication practical for the information age. It is well kn...

Wireless Optical Communication Systems WIRELESS OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Optical Fiber for High-Power Optical Communication

We examined optical fibers suitable for avoiding such problems as the fiber fuse phenomenon and failures at bends with a high power input. We found that the threshold power for fiber fuse propagation in photonic crystal fiber (PCF) and hole-assisted fiber (HAF) can exceed 18 W, which is more than 10 times that in conventional single-mode fiber (SMF). We considered this high threshold power in P...

Dispersion in Optical Fiber Communication

Optical fiber is one of the most important communication media in communication system. Due to its versatile nature and negligible transmission loss it is used in high speed data transmission. Dispersion in a single mode fiber is the bottleneck of long haul optical communication systems, which limits the bit rate and repeater-less distance. Chromatic dispersion (CD) of a single mode fiber (SMF)...

Next Generation Optical Wireless Communication Systems Using Fiber Direct Coupled Optical Antennas

© 2012 Takahashi, licensee InTech. This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Next Generation Optical Wireless Communication Systems Using Fiber Direct Coupled Optical...