• DocumentCode
    1686423
  • Title

    Wavelength shifting for colorless ONUs in single-fiber WDM-PONs

  • Author

    Prat, Josep ; Omella, Mireia ; Polo, Victor

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    With the purpose of reducing the crosstalk caused by Rayleigh backscattering in bidirectional centralized light systems, we propose a reflective ONU design that performs wavelength shifting by means of combined phase and SSB modulation.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; wavelength division multiplexing; Rayleigh backscattering; bidirectional centralized light system; combined phase modulation; optical crosstalk; optical distribution network; optical network unit; passive optical network; single-fiber WDM-PON; single-side band modulation; wavelength shifting; Amplitude modulation; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Passive optical networks; Phase modulation; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348795
  • Filename
    4348795