title: Polymer waveguide module for visible wavelength division multiplexing plastic optical fiber communication.
abstract: We report a polymer waveguide module that provides bidirectional communication over a single plastic optical fiber (POF) with dual visible wavelength LEDs. The module is constructed using light-induced self-written waveguides, which enables a three-dimensional optical circuit for visible wavelength division multiplexing to be fabricated by an extremely simple process. We demonstrated 250 Mbits/s communication using a pair of these modules that each contained one green (lambda = 495 nm) and one red (lambda = 650 nm) LEDs by measuring the bit error rates. The results indicate that the system could transmit over more than 20 m of POF in full duplex mode.
authors.affiliation: Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan. yonemura@mosk.tytlabs.co.jp
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yonemura
authors.forename: Akari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kagami
authors.forename: Yukitoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inui