Title :
7dB optical power budget improvements of 11.25Gb/s optical OFDM PON systems using optical filters
Author :
Wei, J.L. ; Tang, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Bangor Univ., Bangor, UK
Abstract :
Wavelength offset super Gaussian optical filters enable 7dB increases in optical power budget of 11.25Gb/s optical OFDM PON systems using directly modulated DFBs, considerably relax filter bandwidth requirement and improve performance robustness to bandwidth variation.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; distributed feedback lasers; optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical modulation; passive optical networks; Gaussian optical filter; bandwidth variation; bit rate 11.25 Gbit/s; directly modulated DFB; filter bandwidth requirement; optical OFDM PON system; optical power budget; wavelength offset; Bandwidth; Erbium; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
