Title :
Reflective FDMA-PON with 32 Gbps upstream capacity per wavelength and more than 32 dB ODN loss
Author :
Straullu, Stefano ; Savio, Paolo ; Chang, Joana ; Ferrero, Valter ; Nespola, Antonino ; Gaudino, Roberto ; Abrate, Silivo
Author_Institution :
Ist. Superiore Mario Boella, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate 32 Gbps per wavelength upstream record capacity for a FDMA-PON over 37 km of installed fiber and 32 dB ODN loss, adopting an innovative ONU based on a reflective Mach Zehnder modulator.
Keywords :
frequency division multiple access; optical modulation; passive optical networks; Mach Zehnder modulator; bit rate 32 Gbit/s; innovative ONU; loss 32 dB; optical network unit; passive optical network; reflective FDMA-PON; Modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical polarization; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963841