This paper reports preliminary researches of optical links based on perfluorinated (PF) polymeric optical fibres (POFs) using infrared light carrier and related components. An infrared datacom-type LED emitting at ~ 945 nm is characterized. Lensless LED-POF and POF-photodetector optical coupling was developed enabling the use of 20 m length of CYTOP TM PF-POF. Applications as ~1 km optical links and lownoise analogue transmissions of low-frequency radio signals (Wireless-over-Fibre -WoF) are firstly envisaged.
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