• DocumentCode
    2061279
  • Title

    Reduction of Rayleigh backscattering and reflection effects in WDM-PONs by optical frequency dithering

  • Author

    Polo, V. ; Schrenk, B. ; Bonada, F. ; Lazaro, J. ; Prat, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Signal Theor. & Comm., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The reduction of both Rayleigh backscattering and reflections in passive optical networks with remotely seeded network units by means of optical frequency dithering is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Rayleigh backscattering reduction; optical frequency dithering; passive optical networks; reflection effects; wavelength division multiplexing techniques; Backscatter; Frequency modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Passive optical networks; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729507
  • Filename
    4729507