Access PON using downstream 1550-nm WDM routing and upstream 1300-nm SCMA combining through a fiber-grating router

Author

Giles, C.R. ; Feldman, R.D. ; Wood, T.H. ; Zirngibl, M. ; Raybon, G. ; Strasser, T. ; Stulz, L. ; McCormick, A. ; Joyner, C.H. ; Doerr, C.R.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

8

Issue

11

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1549

Lastpage

1551

Abstract

We describe an 8-channel access passive optical network using a fiber grating router at the remote node, 50 Mb/s 1550-nm WDM downstream transmission from an integrated multifrequency laser, and 3 Mb/s 1300 nm SCMA upstream transmission. This approach combines the advantages of a downstream WDM PON and an upstream low-cost power-combining PON.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical fibres; optical waveguide components; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1300 nm; 1550 nm; 3 Mbit/s; 50 Mbit/s; 8-channel access passive optical network; WDM downstream transmission; access PON; downstream WDM PON; fiber grating router; fiber-grating router; integrated multifrequency laser; nm WDM routing; remote node; upstream low-cost power-combining PON; upstream nm SCMA combining; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Routing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.541579

Filename

541579