Forward
E.0 Executive Summary
E.1.0 Introduction
E.2.0 Markets
E.2.1 Automobiles
E.2.2 Consumer Electronics — 1394b
E.2.3 Industrial Controls
E.2.4 Interconnection
E.2.5 Home Networks
E.2.6 Medical
E.2.7 Homeland Security
E.3.0 POF as a Disruptive Technology
E.4.0 Market Forecasts
E.5.0 Technology
E.5.1 Fiber Loss Trends
E.5.2 Bandwidth Trends
E.5.3 Step Index (SI) and Graded Index (GI) PMMA
E.5.4 Perfluorinated Graded Index POF (PF GI-POF)
E.5.5 Other POF Technologies
E.6.0 POF Associations and Interest Groups Trends
E.7.0 What are the Major Impediments to Further Developments in the POF Industry?
E.8.0 Some POF developments in 2007/2008
E.9.0 Opportunities
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Why POF?
2.1 Ease of connectorization
2.2 Durability
2.3 Large diameter
2.4 Lower Costs
2.5 Fiber Costs
2.6 Transmitters (Transceivers)
2.7 Space Division Multiplexing is Possible
2.8 Receivers
2.9 Connector Size
2.10 Test Equipment
2.11 Installation
2.12 Maintenance
2.13 Ease of Handling
2.14 Safety
2.15 Bandwidth
2.16 Developments of other types of fibers
2.17 Many markets are open to POF
2.18 Standards Situation is Improved
2.19 Growth Potential
2.20 Size Matters
2.21 PF GI-POF Takes Advantage of Low Cost Components Developed for GOF
3.0 Comparison Between Copper, GOF and POF
3.1 An Installer’s View
3.1.1 Installation Issues
3.1.2 Testing
3.1.2.1 Do-it-yourself POF Kits
4.0 POF Historical Development and Organization
4.1 Historical Perspective
4.2 POF Organizations Worldwide
4.2.1 POF Developments in Japan
4.2.2 POF in the US
4.2.3 POF in Europe
4.2.3.1 France
4.2.3.2 Germany
4.2.3.3 European Commission
4.2.4 POF in Korea
4.2.5 POF in Japan
4.2.6 Others
5.0 Technical Characteristics of POF Fibers Systems
5.1 Basic Technical Components of Optical Fiber Systems
5.2 Types of Optical Fibers
5.2.1 Step Index Fibers
5.2.2 Multimode Graded Index Fiber (MMF)
5.2.3 Single Mode Fibers (SMF)
5.3 Plastic Optical Fibers
5.3.1 Materials used for POF
5.3.2 Attenuation
5.3.3 Perfluorinated POF
5.3.4.1 How Numerical Aperture of Fiber Affects Bandwidth
5.3.4.2 Methods to Increase Bandwidth
5.3.4.3 Increased Bandwidth using Low NA Source
5.3.5 Graded Index PMMA POF (GI-POF)
5.3.6 Perflourinated (PF) Graded Index POF (GI-POF)
5.3.7 High Temperature Plastic Optical Fibers
5.3.8 Photonic Crystal Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibers
5.3.8.1 Microstructured Polymer Fibers
5.3.9 Summary Performance of PMMA and PF-GI POF (SI and GI)
5.3.10 Manufacturing Methods of POF
5.3.10.1 Extrusion
5.3.10.2 Preform Drawing
5.3.10.3 Manufacturing Graded Index PMMA POF
5.3.10.4 Manufacturing PF GI-POF
5.3.10.5 Continuous Extrusion Process
6.0 Light Sources
6.1 LEDs
6.1.1 Low NA LED
6.1.2 Low NA LED Source Perspective for POF Data Link
6.1.3 Materials and Available LED Wavelengths
6.1.4 Gigabit Links Using LEDs
6.2 Resonant Cavity LEDs (RC-LEDs)
6.3 Laser Diodes
6.4 Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)
6.4.1 Data Links Using Red VCSELS .
6.4.2 Red VCSEL Transceivers for Gigabit Transmission over POF
7.0 Optical Connectors and Splicing
7.1 Connectorization
7.1.1 POF Connector Requirements
7.1.2 ATM Forum
7.2 POF Connect Types.
7.2.1 PN Connector
7.2.2 Small Multimedia Interface (SMI)
7.2.3 IDB-1394 POF Interface and Latch Connector for Automotive Use
7.2.4 Packard Hughes Interconnect
7.2.5 Optical Mini Jack
7.2.6 Panduit Poly-Jack
7.2.7 MOSTAutomotive Connector and Header System
7.3 Splicing
8.0 Couplers
8.1 Optical Busses and Cross Connects
9.0 Switches
10.0 Integrated Optics
10.1 Planar Waveguides and Other Passive Devices
11.0 Lenses
11.1 Polymeric Lenses
11.2 High-efficiency Optical Concentrators for POF
12.0 Fiber Bragg Gratings
13.0 Optical Amplifiers
13.1 Keio University
13.2 Plastic Optical Fiber with Embedded Organic Semiconductors for Signal Amplification
14.0 Test Equipment
14.1 OTDRs
15.0 POF Systems - Ethernet Example
16.0 POF Hardware
17.0 Illustrative Examples of POF Data Communications Applications
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Range of Applications
17.3 Optocouplers Applications
17.4 Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Interconnects
17.5 Digital Audio Interface
17.6 Avionic Data Links
17.6.1 Practical Experience in Military and Civilian Avionic Systems
17.6.2 McDonald Douglas
17.6.3 Boeing
17.6.4 Requirements for POF in Aircraft
17.7 Automotive Applications of POF
17.7.1 Automotive Harness Trends
17.7.2 Increase in Electronic Content
17.7.2.1 Different Data Buses in Automobiles
17.7.3 Automobile Standards
17.7.3.1 MOST Standard
17.7.3.2 1394 Automotive Working Group and IDB
17.8 Local Area Networks
17.8.1.1 POF vs. Glass Comparison
17.8.1.2 Operating Experience
17.8.2 Codenoll
17.8.3Mitsubishi Rayon
17.8.4 NEC Corp. Ethernet
17.9 IEEE 1394 FireWire
17.9.1 Markets for 1394
17.9.2 Transmission Media
17.9.3 1394 as a Home Network
17.9.3.1 IEEE Costs
17.10 Tollbooth Applications
17.11 Factory Automation
17.12 Medical Applications
17.13 High Voltage Isolation
17.14 Home Networks
17.14.1 CEBus
17.15 Test Equipment
17.16 POF Sensors
17.17 Security (Tempest)
17.18 EMI/RFI
17.19 Hydraulic Lifts
17.20 Trains
17.21 Controller Area Network (CAN)
17.22 Point of Sales Terminals
17.23 Robotics
17.24 Programmable Controllers (PLC)
17.25 Video Surveillance
17.26 High-Speed Video
17.27 Home Video
18.0 POF Cost Comparisons
19.0 POF and Related Standards
19.1 What drives standards?
19.2 Trends in POF Standards Trends
19.3 History of the Development of POF Standards
19.4 Present Standards that Include POF
19.4.1 Process Control
19.4.1.1 Profibus
19.4.1.2 SERCOS (Serial Realtime Communication System)
19.4.1.3 Interbus
19.4.2 Automotive Standards
19.4.2.1 MOST
19.4.2.2 IDB-1394
19.4.2.3 ByteFlight
19.4.2.4 CEA Aftermarket
19.4.3 Computer Standards
19.4.3.1 ATM
19.4.3.2 IEEE-1394
19.4.3.3 Storage Area Networks
19.4.3.4 Supercomputers/Servers
19.4.4 Home Standards
19.4.4.1 CEBUS
19.4.4.2 ATM Forum Residential Broadband
19.4.4.3 IEEE-1394 Home Networking
19.4.5 Consumer Electronics
19.4.5.1 Active Cables
20.0 Components and Testing
20.1 Introduction
20.2 IEC
20.3 VDI/VDE
20.4 Standards Summary
21.0 POF Components - Present Status
21.1 POF Fibers
21.1.1 Mitsubishi Rayon
21.1.2 Asahi Kasai
21.1.3 Toray Industries Inc.
21.1.4 Shenzhen Dasheng Optoelectronic Technology Co. Ltd
21.1.5 Asahi Glass
21.1.6 Nanoptics
21.1.7 OFS-Fitel (now Chromis Fiber Optics)
21.1.8 Redfern Polymer (Cactus Fiber)
21.1.9 Nexans
21.1.10 Fuji Film
21.1.11 Luvantix
21.1.12 Optimedia
22.0 POF Suppliers
22.2 Light Sources
22.2.1 Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
22.2.2 Resonant Cavity LEDs (RC-LEDs)
22.2.3 Laser Diodes
22.2.4 VCSEL
22.3 Photodiodes
22.4 Connectors
22.4.1 Connectorless Technologies
22.5 Couplers
22.6 Test Equipment
22.7 Splicing
22.8 Media Converters
22.9 Data Links
22.10 POF Networks
22.11 IPTV Equipment Providers
22.12 Other POF Passive Components
22.13 Other Active Components
23.0 POF Component Price Trends
23.1 Impact of the MOST Standard
23.2 POF Fiber Pricing
23.2.1 Step Index Fibers
23.2.2 Graded Index POF
23.3 Cables
23.4 Cable Assemblies
23.5 POF Transmitters and Receivers
23.5.1 MOST Pricing
23.6 Conclusions for POF Data Components
23.7 Graded Index PMMA POF
23.8 Perfluorinated GI-POF
23.9 Conclusion on Fiber Pricing
23.10 Price targets for POF Components
24.0 Market Drivers
24.1 Technology
24.2 Standards
24.3 Market Needs
24.4 Government Funding
24.6 Marketing Push
24.7 Lack of Major Player
24.8 Resistance to Change and Imbedded Infrastructure
25.0 POF Markets and Forecasts
25.1 Automotive Market
25.1.1 How Big is the Market?
25.2 Consumer Electronics Market and 1394
25.3 POF Industrial Controls Market
25.4 Home Market and IPTV
25.4.1 Market Forecast
25.5 Interconnect Market
25.6 Medical Market
25.7 Total POF Market Potential
26.0 POF Activities in Various Countries
26.1 U.S.
26.2 Plastic Optical Fiber Organization in Japan
26.3 POF in Europe
26.3.1 French Plastic Optical Fibre Club (FOP)
26.3.2 POF in Germany
26.3.3 POF in the U.K.
26.4 POF in Brazil
26.5 POF in Korea
27.0 Opportunities in the Emerging POF Business
27.1 Cables and Fiber
27.2 Connectors
27.4 Couplers
27.5 Test Equipment
27.6 Splicing
27.7 Hardware
27.8 Data Links
27.9 Distribution
27.10 Design and Engineering
27.11 Converters
27.12 Systems Suppliers
28.0 Strategies for Success in the POF Market
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