Title :
Increasing splitting ratio of 10Gb/s-class PONs by using FW-DMF that acts as low loss splitter for upstream and conventional splitter for downstream
Author :
Fujiwara, Masamichi ; Suzuki, Ken-Ichi ; Yoshimoto, Naoto ; Oguma, Manabu ; Soma, Shunichi
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
A simple optical splitter, a dual-mode fiber (DMF) is connected to a funnel-shaped waveguide (FW), is proposed and the feasibility of a 128-way 10G-EPON system using a 1 × 16 prototype is experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical beam splitters; optical fibre LAN; optical waveguides; passive optical networks; 10G-EPON system; Ethernet passive optical network; FW-DMF; PON; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; dual-mode fiber; funnel-shaped waveguide; low loss splitter; optical splitter; upstream splitter; Adaptive optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Passive optical networks; Signal detection;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu2C.5
