A WDM-PON using Fabry-Perot lasers as upstream transmitters

Author

Woodward, S.L. ; Iannone, P.P. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Frigo, N.J.

Author_Institution

Newman Springs Lab., AT&T Lab. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

20-24 July 1998

Abstract

Summary form only given. In order to reduce the initial cost of deploying a wavelength-division-multiplexed passive-optical network (WDM-PON) it has been proposed that broadband optical sources be used in the optical network unit (ONU). We demonstrate that Fabry-Perot lasers can be used as sources in a spectrally-sliced PON. Uncooled, unisolated lasers are less expensive than LED´s and typically have over ten times the output power, which increases the potential transmission distance of a PON.

Keywords

broadband networks; optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; Fabry-Perot lasers; WDM-PON; broadband optical sources; optical network unit; output power; spectrally-sliced PON; transmission distance; uncooled unisolated lasers; upstream transmitters; wavelength-division-multiplexed passive-optical network; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical network units; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Power generation; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband Optical Networks and Technologies: An Emerging Reality/Optical MEMS/Smart Pixels/Organic Optics and Optoelectronics. 1998 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4953-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1998.689686

Filename

689686