The first Optics Teaching System with POF and WDM Elements

Light is one of the most important tools of the near future - it can be used almost universally, is cost-efficient, leaves no environmental footprint, does not endanger human health - and new usages and applications are discovered and developed on an almost monthly basis. Many modern systems are based on advanced opto-electrical procedures like multiplexing - especially Wavelength Division Multiplex (WDM). Aside from glass fibers, easy-to-use Polymer Optical Fibers (POF) are used more and more often as a transmission medium in optical communication systems. Today, they are already seen as potential standard media for in-house and automotive communication systems.

Therefore, enabling students to understand how WDM and/or POF systems can be designed, built and maintained, is an important task of universities and vocational schools that offer education or training in photonics or optical communication technologies.