Title :
Simplified polarization diversity heterodyne receiver for 1.25Gb/s cost-effective udWDM-PON
Author :
Cano, Ivan N. ; Lerin, Adolfo ; Polo, Victor ; Prat, Josep
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We propose a heterodyne receiver with a single-photodiode per polarization for ONU receiver in low-cost udWDM-PON. This grants polarization diversity operation showing a penalty of 6dB in sensitivity compared to a balanced detector.
Keywords :
optical receivers; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; ONU receiver; balanced detector; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; polarization diversity heterodyne receiver; single-photodiode per polarization; udWDM-PON; Bit error rate; Computer architecture; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Sensitivity;
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.W4G.2
