Demonstration of hybrid coherence multiplexing/WDM customer access network

Author

Cahill, M.J.L. ; Pendock, G.J. ; Sampson, D.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia

fYear

1997

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

59

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate an approach that employs broadband optical sources, coherence multiplexing (CM) and coarse (1.3/1.55 μm) wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). Coherence multiplexing uses selective interference to discriminate between desired and undesired signals, and permits asynchronous multichannel transmission over a common optical bandwidth using broadband sources. Coarse WDM provides bidirectional transmission. The approach avoids the needs for wavelength stabilization and multichannel timing synchronization

Keywords

broadband networks; fibre lasers; light coherence; optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; stability; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.3 mum; 1.55 mum; WDM; asynchronous multichannel transmission; bidirectional transmission; broadband optical sources; broadband sources; coarse wavelength-division multiplexing; coherence multiplexing; common optical bandwidth; desired signals; hybrid coherence multiplexing/WDM customer access network; multichannel timing synchronization; selective interference; undesired signals; wavelength stabilization; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Noise measurement; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

1-55752-480-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1997.719689

Filename

719689