A Self-restorable Colorless Bidirectional WDM-PON based on ASE-injected FP-LDs

Author

Lee, Kwanil ; Lee, Ju Han ; Han, Young-Geun ; Lee, Sang Bae ; Mun, Sil-Gu ; Lee, Sang-Mook ; Lee, Chang-Hee

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a cost-effective self-restorable bi-directional WDM-PON based on ASE-injected FP-LDs, which utilizes the periodic and routing characteristics of the arrayed waveguide grating. The network restoration was achieved within 7 ms.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; ASE-injected FP-LD; arrayed waveguide grating; network restoration; network routing; passive optical network; self-restorable colorless bidirectional WDM-PON; spectrum-sliced amplified spontaneous emission injection; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Passive optical networks; Protection; Signal restoration;

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.2007.4348796

Filename

4348796