Multimode fiber for modulatable source
A modulatable source is to generate a signal. A multi-mode fiber is to propagate the signal. The fiber is associated with a fiber d*NA, corresponding to a product of a fiber diameter (d) and a fiber numerical aperture (NA), substantially between 1 micron radian and 4 micron radian. A receiver is to receive the propagated signal.
1. A system, comprising:
a modulatable source to generate a signal;
a multi-mode fiber to receive the signal from the modulatable source and to propagate the signal, wherein the fiber is associated with a fiber having a diameter d and far-field divergence angle associated with the propagated signal, corresponding to a product of a fiber diameter (d) and a fiber far-field divergence angle, the product substantially between 1 micron radian and 4 micron radian; and
a receiver to receive the propagated signal from the multi-mode fiber.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the source includes a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL).
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber is a Graded-Index Fiber (GIF).
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber is to extend a BW*L characteristic of the fiber, corresponding to a product of fiber bandwidth (BW) and fiber length (L), based on a balance of modal dispersion, material dispersion, and bending loss associated with a refractive index profile of the fiber.
5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an optical component to optically manipulate the propagated signal prior to being received by the receiver.
6. A method, comprising:
generating a signal using a modulatable source;
propagating the signal using a multi-mode fiber to receive the signal from the modulatable source, wherein the fiber is associated with a fiber having a diameter d and far-field divergence angle associated with the propagated signal, corresponding to a product of a fiber diameter (d) and a fiber far-field divergence angle, the product substantially between 1 micron radian and 4 micron radian; and
receiving, from the multi-mode fiber, the propagated signal a receiver.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising propagating the generated signal at a data rate substantially equal to or greater than 10 gigabits per second (Gbps).
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising optically manipulating the signal based on a zigzag optical component.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the fiber d*far-field divergence angle is based on a fiber diameter substantially equal to 25 microns and a far-field divergence angle substantially equal to 0.1 radian.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the fiber d* far-field divergence angle is substantially between 1.5 micron radian and 3 micron radian.
11. A system, comprising:
a modulatable Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) source to generate a signal;
a multi-mode fiber to receive the signal from the VCSEL source and to propagate the signal, wherein the fiber is associated with a fiber having a diameter d and far-field divergence angle associated with the propagated signal, corresponding to a product of a fiber diameter (d) and a fiber far-field divergence angle, the product substantially between 1 micron radian and 4 micron radian; and
a receiver to receive the propagated signal from the multi-mode fiber.
12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising an array-based fiber connector to connect the multi-mode fiber to propagate the signal, wherein the array-based fiber connector is to connect to a plurality of multi-mode fibers associated with the fiber d*far-field divergence angle.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the fiber is to propagate a plurality of wavelengths based on Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM).
14. The system of claim 11 , further comprising an air gap connector connect the fiber to propagate the signal.
15. The system of claim 11 wherein the fiber is utilized in a backplane of a computing system using an air gap connector.