Patent ID: 7039322
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G02B,H04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An optical communication apparatus, comprising: an optical transmitter having a short-wavelength light-emitting element for emitting light signals corresponding to electrical signals input from the outside by using light emitted from said short-wavelength light-emitting element; a plastic optical fiber having a core made of methacrylate polymer free from benzene rings, an amount of sulfur atoms that are not bound to the methacrylate polymer in said core being set to 5 ppm or less, one end of said optical fiber being optically coupled to said short-wavelength light-emitting element; and an optical receiver having a photodetecting element coupled optically to the other end of said plastic optical fiber and adapted to generate an output electrical signal in accordance with the output of said photodetecting element.