• DocumentCode
    1885615
  • Title

    GPON reach extension to 60 km with entirely passive fibre plant using Raman amplification

  • Author

    Zhu, Benyuan ; Nesset, Derek

  • Author_Institution
    OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We describe a purely-passive GPON compatible reach extender using distributed Raman amplification. Operation over 60 km of AllWave fibre at 2.5 Gbit/s is demonstrated with a total loss budget of 43 dB at 1310 nm.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; distributed feedback lasers; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; semiconductor lasers; GPON compatible reach extender; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; distance 60 km; distributed Raman amplification; passive fibre plant; wavelength 1310 nm; Band pass filters; Costs; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical network units; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5287192