title: Robustness to mechanical perturbations of center-launching technique for transparent board-to-board and data server interconnects.
abstract: Center-launching technique appears as a promising method to allow single-mode propagation in multi-mode fibers, guaranteeing full transparency to the transmitted optical signal also for applications in board-to-board and data server interconnects. In this paper we show that this technique is robust to mechanical perturbations up to about 1 kHz, demonstrating that the vibrations do not affect the transmission performances. Different experimental configurations are tested in order to exclude multimode propagation and to confirm the only fundamental mode propagation. Finally, a theoretical discussion comments the experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Politecnico di Milano, Dept Electronics Information and Bioengineering, via G Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy. boletti@elet.polimi.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boletti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boffi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gatto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martelli
authors.forename: E Centeno
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Nieves
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinelli
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014732:Vibration