10 Gbit/s to 260000 subscribers using optical amplifier distribution network

Author

Wedding, B. ; Schlump, D. ; Franz, B. ; Junginger, B. ; Heidemann, R. ; Zielinski, E. ; Dahl-Petersen, S. ; Schuesler, K. ; Hauenschild, J. ; Rein, H.M.

Author_Institution

Alcatel SEL Res. Centre, Stuttgart, Germany

fYear

1992

Firstpage

1180

Abstract

The distribution of 64 digital HDTV channels coded at 140 Mb/s to 262144 subscribers via standard single-mode fiber was experimentally demonstrated using cascaded laser-diode-pumped/Er-doped optical amplifiers and a high-speed multiquantum-well laser. A multigigabit time division multiplexing (TDM) approach with direct detection technology was used. The feasibility of digital TV distribution to several thousand subscribers by using optical amplifiers and a passive optical network was shown. No optical filters were used and optical isolators were used very sparsely to reduce the cost per subscriber

Keywords

cable television; digital communication systems; erbium; fibre lasers; high definition television; optical links; subscriber loops; 10 Gbit/s; 140 Mbit/s; FTTH; HDTV channels; TDM; cascaded laser-diode-pumped/Er-doped optical amplifiers; digital TV distribution; direct detection technology; high-speed multiquantum-well laser; multigigabit time division multiplexing; optical amplifier distribution network; passive optical network; standard single-mode fiber; Distributed amplifiers; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Passive optical networks; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1992. ICC '92, Conference record, SUPERCOMM/ICC '92, Discovering a New World of Communications., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0599-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1992.268129

Filename

268129