Title :
A novel FBG-based self-seeded RSOA transmitter with noise mitigation for dense SS-WDM PONs
Author :
El-Sahn, Ziad A. ; Mathlouthi, Walid ; Fathallah, Habib ; LaRochelle, Sophie ; Rusch, Leslie A.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate dense SS-WDM uplink over legacy PONs using a novel self-seeded RSOA transmitter and a balanced receiver that preserves noise cleaning. 32 colorless ONUs can be supported at 1.25 Gb/s without DCF and FEC.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibres; optical noise; optical receivers; optical transmitters; passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; DCF; FBG-based self-seeded RSOA transmitter; FEC; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; colorless ONU; dense SS-WDM PON; noise cleaning; noise mitigation; self-seeded RSOA receiver;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698903
