• DocumentCode
    2005538
  • Title

    A simple high-speed WDM PON utilizing a centralized supercontinuum broadband light source for colorless ONUs

  • Author

    Zhang, Bo ; Lin, Chinlon ; Li Huo ; Wang, Zhaoxin ; Chan, Chun-Kit

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    We propose a simple high-speed WDM-PON, using a centralized supercontinuum broadband light source based on a nonlinear PCF for upstream optical carriers. "Colorless" ONU operation has been demonstrated in a 10 Gb/s bidirectional transmission over 40 km distance
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light sources; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 km; bidirectional transmission; broadband light source; centralized light source; colorless optical network unit; high-speed WDM PON; nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; supercontinuum light source; upstream optical carriers; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Light sources; Optical fiber polarization; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Superluminescent diodes; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215351
  • Filename
    1636381