Title :
Burst-mode wavelength upconversion using gain-clamped SOA for applying WDM technique to TDM-PON
Author :
Chang-Jian Ke ; Bing Zhao ; Min-Ming Zhang ; De-Ming Liu ; Song-Lin Zhu ; Jie Su ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Eng. Lab. for Next Generation Internet Access Syst., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We propose a WDM/TDM-PON utilizing AOWC. ~23 nm multiple- to single-wavelength upconversion for 1.25 Gbit/s burst-mode signals is realized by GC-SOA. The measured optical equalization is >8 dB and average latency is <;1.2 ms.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical wavelength conversion; passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; AOWC; GC-SOA; TDM-PON; WDM; average latency; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; burst-mode signals; burst-mode wavelength upconversion; gain-clamped SOA; multiple wavelength upconversion; optical equalization; single-wavelength upconversion; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
