Title :
10-Gbps upstream transmission for WDM-PON using RSOA and delay interferometer
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We demonstrate the transmission of 10-Gbps NRZ signals over 20-km standard single-mode fiber using an RSOA in a loopback configured WDM-PON system. Significant performance improvement is achieved using a delay interferometer, which acts as an optical equalizer of the band-limited RSOA.
Keywords :
light interferometers; passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-PON; band-limited RSOA; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; delay interferometer; distance 20 km; optical equalizer; single-mode fiber; upstream transmission; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; 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
