Abstract
Plastic optical fiber (POF) is a highly promising transmission medium for future home networking. In comparison to glass optical fibers (GOFs), which are commonly used in core and metropolitan networks, POFs offer many advantages such as great flexibility and easy handling. This chapter begins with a review of the basic concepts of fiber optics and moves on to the latest developments in POF applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Polymer Science |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Comprehensive Reference, 10 Volume Set |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 283-304 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Volume | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780080878621 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Attenuation
- Bandwidth
- Coextrusion process
- Copolymerization
- Fiber to the home
- Fluorination
- Graded index
- Home network
- Interfacial-gel polymerization technique
- Light scattering
- Material dispersion
- Modal dispersion
- Plastic optical fiber
- Poly(methyl methacrylate)
- Step index
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)