Flexible WDM/FTDM passive optical network with RZ-seeded all-optical sub-wavelength grid engine

Author

Schrenk, Bernhard ; Katopodis, V. ; Bauwelinck, J. ; Lazaro, J.A. ; Yin, X. ; Bakopoulos, Paraskevas ; Spyropoulou, M. ; Qiu, X.Z. ; Avramopoulos, H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

fYear

2013

fDate

17-21 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

All-optical FDM grid generation and channel selection is experimentally demonstrated through optical signal processing. Full-duplex 10G/2×10G transmission with reflective ONUs is validated for 20dB budget and 25km reach. An optional 10Gb/s FDM/TDM mode is verified.

Keywords

frequency division multiplexing; passive optical networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; wireless channels; FDM/TDM mode; RZ-seeded all-optical sub-wavelength grid engine; all-optical FDM grid generation; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; channel selection; flexible WDM/FTDM passive optical network; full-duplex transmission; optical signal processing; reflective ONU; Clocks; Frequency division multiplexing; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0457-0

Type

conf

Filename

6532563