System-level Simulation of Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) Transmission through PMMA-POFs with Various Index Profiles

In this paper, we present system-level simulation studies in PAM4 modulation using Step Index (SI) POFs, Graded Index (GI) POFs, and Multicore (MC) POFs. Our model exhibits very efficient computation time relative to models that use the finite difference method to compute the power propagation in the fiber. This makes it ideally suited for system-level investigations, where long simulation times can be quite discouraging and a real hindrance to productivity and efficiency.