Products and Technologies for Commercial Deployment of

Gigabit POF Communication

Whitney White Chromis Fiberoptics, Inc. white@chromisfiber.com www.chromisfiber.com

Chromis Platform Fiber Technologies

Perfluorinated POF

graded-index fiber

10-40 Gb/s, 30-100 mtrs

850 nm lasers

highest performance

higher per-meter cost

succeeds by termination advantages

PMMA POF

step-index fiber

<200 Mb/s

up to 100 meters

cut-and plug

low performance

low cost

residential industrial

data center consumer

(mostly AOC)

Chlorinated POF

10+ Gb/s

up to 10 meters

780 nm lasers

medium performance

very low cost

same termination advantages

residential industrial

Step-Index PMMA POF

Even at 100 Mb/s, POF has many advantages vs copper, wireless

• No electromagnetic interference • Smaller (2X) and lighter (3X) than Cat 5

• No professional installation needed – simpler than Cat 5 • Non-conducting – no grounding needed, runs in power conduit

• Reliability – historically ~80% less downtime with optics

Ultimate in simplicity – cut and plug in like speaker wire

Chromis PMMA Cables

white outer sheath1.0 mm PMMA Fiberblack inner sheath•  Industry-standard sizes

2.2 mm simplex 2.2 x 4.4 mm duplex zipcord

•  Light-blocking inner sheath • Highly flame-retardant plenum (OFNP) UL-listed with zero-halogen or PVC

• Cable cost less than Cat 5

•  70oC temperature performance

Cables with 85oC fibers also available for industrial uses

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PMMA Ecosystem

Optical switch Wallplate media converter

Plug-in media converters

Transceivers : $5 and falling fast Media converters declining to ~$20

GDL1000: Gigabit Transceiver for POF FEATURES

•  Suitable for Gigabit Ethernet •  Visible RCLED at red wavelength (650 nm) •  Data transmission 125 Mbps to 1.25 Gbps •  GigE link distance of 5 m with 1 mm Step

Index (SI) POF •  GigE link distance of 30 m with Graded Index

(GI) 1 mm POF •  OptoLock Interface •  Temperature range -20°C to +70⁰C •  Single 3.3V power supply •  Compact form-factor with RCLED driver and

receiver IC housed within transceiver enclosure •  1000 BaseX and SGMii compatible electrical

interface •  RoHS compliant •  Eye safe

Perfluorinated, Graded-Index POF

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•  Extruded perfluorinated polymers

•  Very accurate geometries

•  Wide useful spectral range

•  High Bandwidth Graded Index

•  Safe and easy to use

78.1 @ 650 nm

41.2 @ 850 nm44.3 @ 1310 nm

158.5 @ 1490 nm

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Gigabit Performance •  Typical overfilled BW >1000 MHz-km •  Latest transmission experiments

10 Gb/s x 220 m transmission,40 Gb/s x 100 m transmission

• Mode Coupling simplifies launch conditions and improves skew “Just get the light in the fiber”

Active Cable and Backplane Solutions

–  Enterprise Networking •  Ethernet, LAN, SAN, Video

–  Consumer Electronics •  HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, proprietary

electrical connector

O/E converter fiber cable or

fiber/copper hybrid

Evolving Needs for High-Speed Interconnect Cabling Consumer Electronics

2000

DVI: 3.9 Gb/s 2003

HDMI 1.0: 4.9 Gb/s

HDMI 1.3: 10 Gb/s

DiiVA: 18 Gb/s

2006

2010

Panel Drive 36 Gb/s

2012

Copper has problems beyond ~few meters and 10 Gb/s Optical solutions superior in size, weight, reliability and durability AOC’s needed for reliable consumer interface A big opportunity for POF AOC, but only at low, low prices.

Connectorless Transceiver Concept

•  VCSEL-based, 850 nm (can use CW source for visible red tracer)

•  Alignment sleeve (~765 µm ID) aligns POF with active devices

•  75 µm fiber core diameter ⇒ low cable cost

• Takes “cut and plug” termination from 100 Mb/s to 1 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s

Key cost reducer: Connectorless termination

•  zero piece part cost

•  secure with clamp or with adhesive

•  large fiber OD enables standard lens designs

Key cost reducer: simple, automated termination

•  Diamond blade cutting tool

•  bare cable end or with connectors

•  < 10 second cycle time

•  Smooth, clean, endface, negligible loss

•  Terminate multiple fibers simultaneously

Fiber termination cost ~zero

Many customers just use a razor blade

GigaPOF Ribbons for AOC and Backplane

•  Ribbon terminates as a single unit – usually with just a razor blade

•  External surfaces used for alignment – no stripping

Passively Aligned Ribbon OSA’s

Termination Process

Mill entire cable end

Strip sheath at end

Insert entire ribbon into receptacle

Cure UV adhesive

Finisar Laserwire Connector-free OSA with GigaPOF®

•  10 Gb/s active optical cable

•  Ethernet, Fibre Channel, etc.

•  Custom cable w. GigaPOF-75LD

OEM HDMI Cable Connector-free OSA with GigaPOF®

•  4 channels, ~3 Gb/s each

•  Full HDMI 1.4, up to 20 meters

•  4-fiber ribbon, with 6 wires

Partially-Chlorinated GI POF"

Compatible w. 780 nm lasers High thermal stability

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Allows large cores (200-500 µm) for field termination Lower material cost than perfluorinated materials

Higher NA (0.30 vs. 0.19)

Very attractive for residential and industrial gigabit networks

Whitney White Chromis Fiberoptics, Inc. white@chromisfiber.com www.chromisfiber.com