Title :
Low cost tunable receivers for wavelength agile PONs
Author :
Murano, Robert ; Cahill, M.J.L.
Author_Institution :
Aegis Lightwave, Inc., Woburn, MA, USA
Abstract :
Tunable receivers are a cost-effective means of increasing downstream bandwidth in legacy and next-generation colorless PONs, particularly those utilizing TWDM approaches. We review existing technologies and candidates for commercialization, and present guidelines for system design.
Keywords :
next generation networks; optical design techniques; optical receivers; passive optical networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; TWDM; downstream bandwidth; low cost tunable receivers; next-generation colorless PON; passive optical networks; system design; time-and-wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength agile PON; Band-pass filters; Optical fiber filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
