Title :
A cost-effective pilot-tone-based monitoring technique for power saving in RSOA-based WDM-PON
Author :
Tse, Kam-Hon ; Jia, Wei ; Chan, Chun-Kit
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple and novel monitoring technique with the modulation of RSOA´s ASE by the pilot-tone monitoring signal at the ONU, to provide power saving in RSOA-based WDM-PON.
Keywords :
optical modulation; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; ONU; RSOA modulation; RSOA-based WDM-PON; cost effective pilot tone-based monitoring technique; pilot-tone signal; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Monitoring; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
