Low-cost and low-loss conversion of OM3 to OM4 MMFs using strong mode mixing

Opt Express. 2019 Feb 18;27(4):5581-5587. doi: 10.1364/OE.27.005581.

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate low-cost and low-loss conversion of OM3 to OM4 MMFs using strong mode mixing by simple LPGs for datacenter applications. OM3 MMFs can be converted to OM4 MMFs (error-free transmission at 10 Gb/s over 400 m) with only 0.2 dB loss. Error-free transmission can be extended to 530 m with a larger loss. With suitably designed index profiles, the proposed method's fabrication tolerance exceeds that for OM4 MMFs.