Title :
Gain switched multi-carrier transmitter and pilot tone based receiver for long reach access networks
Author :
Latkowski, S. ; Ibrahim, Selwan K. ; Kai Shi ; Rui Zhou ; Ellis, A.D. ; Maher, Robert ; Barry, Liam P. ; Anandarajah, Prince M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
A novel and cost effective long reach PON downlink scenario is proposed employing a multi-carrier transmitter and pilot tone aided direct detection at the receiver. Error free performance with QPSK and 50km transmission is presented.
Keywords :
optical receivers; optical switches; optical transmitters; passive optical networks; quadrature phase shift keying; PON downlink; QPSK; direct detection; distance 50 km; error free performance; gain switched multicarrier transmitter; long reach access networks; passive optical network; pilot tone based receiver; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks;
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
