A low cost WDM-PON using spectrum sliced F-P LDs with Cyclic Arrayed Waveguide Gratings

Author

Lee, Hoon-Keun ; Lee, Hyuek-Jae ; Lee, Chang-Hee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon

fYear

2007

fDate

24-27 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a low cost wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network (WDM-PON) based on the spectrum sliced Fabry-Perot laser diodes (F-P LDs). By using cyclic arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs), we achieve color-free operation with decision threshold control.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; arrayed waveguide gratings; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; AWG; color-free operation; cyclic arrayed waveguide gratings; decision threshold control; low cost WDM-PON; spectrum sliced F-P LD; spectrum sliced Fabry-Perot laser diodes; wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Costs; Electronic mail; Fabry-Perot; Light emitting diodes; Optical arrays; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-0-9775657-3-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-9775657-3-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519147

Filename

4519147