Title :
Flexible WDM-PON with Nyquist-FDM and 31.25 Gbit/s per wavelength channel using colorless, low-speed ONUs
Author :
Schindler, Philipp C. ; Schmogrow, R. ; Dreschmann, M. ; Meyer, Jorg ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Tomkos, Ioannis ; Prat, Josep ; Krimmel, H.-G. ; Pfeiffer, Thomas ; Kourtessis, P. ; Becker, Jurgen ; Koos, C. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, Juerg
Author_Institution :
Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
A remotely seeded flexible WDM network solution with 31.25 Gbit/s based on Nyquist sinc-pulses is demonstrated. The low-speed, colorless ONUs use remote heterodyne detection with electrical up- and down-conversion and SOAs for potential cost reduction.
Keywords :
frequency division multiplexing; heterodyne detection; optical communication equipment; passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; Nyquist sine-pulses; Nyquist-FDM; SOA; bit rate 31.25 Gbit/s; colorless low-speed ONU; cost reduction; electrical down-conversion; electrical up-conversion; flexible WDM-PON; remote heterodyne detection; remotely seeded flexible WDM network; wavelength channel; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
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
