Title :
A reconfigurable all-optical VPN based on XGM effect of SOA in WDM PON
Author :
Hu, Xiaofeng ; Zhang, Liang ; Cao, Pan ; Wang, Tao ; Su, Yikai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a reconfigurable all-optical VPN scheme enabling intercommunications among different ONUs in a WDM PON. Reconfiguration is realized by dynamically setting wavelength conversion of optical VPN signal using a SOA in the OLT.
Keywords :
passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; virtual private networks; wavelength division multiplexing; ONU; SOA; WDM PON; XGM effect; optical VPN signal; optical network unit; reconfigurable all-optical VPN; semiconductor optical amplifier; virtual private network; Optical attenuators; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Virtual private networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682564
