25 Gb/s transmission over 820 m of MMF using a multimode launch from an integrated silicon photonics transceiver

Opt Express. 2014 Jan 27;22(2):2070-7. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.002070.

Abstract

A new high bandwidth bend-insensitive MMF optimized for 1310 nm is designed and characterized. 25 Gb/s transmission over a record 820 m length using a multimode launch from an integrated SiPh transceiver at 1310 nm through the new fiber is demonstrated with a power penalty of 3.4 dB at 10(-12) BER. Detailed characteristics of the fiber and transceiver are presented along with BER measurements.