| Acronym: HiPOF |
| Main Objective: Plastic optical fibers (POFs) are pointed out as the most adequate solution for the main stream of modern home/building networking applications [21]. In fact, because of their higher strength, when compared to silica fibers, the installation costs would reduce substantially. However, in order to POF become a real solution for high capacity home installations, two main challenges have yet to be solved: 1) optimization of the splicing between POF fibers and also between POF and silica fibers for connection to the receivers and emitters; 2) increase the data rate capacity. The global aim of this proposal is to develop strategies to improve the performance of POF based communication systems. The main objectives are as follows: - To design and develop a state-of-the art POF splicing setup using LISW. - Develop new components based on POF for high capacity POF communication systems. -To identify the conditions in terms of bending and high power signals leading to the degradation of POF. |
| Reference: PTDC/EEI-TEL/7134/2014 |
| Funding: FCT/PTDC |
| Start Date: 01-01-2016 |
| End Date: 01-07-2018 |
| Team: Rogério Nunes Nogueira, Lúcia Maria Botas Bilro, Ana Maria Sousa da Rocha, Telmo David Pelicano Almeida, Ricardo Oliveira, Miguel Vidal Drummond, Filipa da Rosa Carvalhal Sequeira, Daniel Andre Pires Duarte |
| Groups: Optical Sensors and Integrated Photonics |
| Partners: N/A |
| Local Coordinator: Rogério Nunes Nogueira |
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