High-Capacity DWDM-PON Using Triple-Contact F-P LDs

Author

Kim, Joon-young ; Cho, Ho-Sung ; Mun, Sil-Gu ; Lee, Hoon-Keun ; Lee, Chang-Hee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

23

Issue

2

fYear

2011

Firstpage

127

Lastpage

129

Abstract

We demonstrate a dense wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network (DWDM-PON) at 50-GHz channel spacing based on wavelength locked triple-contact Fabry-Perot laser diodes (TC F-P LDs). A transmission distance of 30 km was achieved at 1.25 Gb/s per channel. By controlling injected currents into three electrodes, we can match a lasing mode of the TC F-P LD to an injection wavelength. We also employ a prefilter before amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) injection to enhance the system performance by reducing a filtering effect. The transmission distance was limited by the back scattering. By changing a location of the seed source for upstream signal to the remote node, the transmission distance can be extended up to 60 km.

Keywords

channel spacing; filtering theory; passive optical networks; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; ASE injection; amplified spontaneous emission injection; back scattering; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; channel spacing; dense wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network; distance 30 km; electrodes; filtering effect; frequency 50 GHz; high-capacity DWDM-PON; injected current control; injection wavelength; transmission distance; triple-contact F-P LD; upstream signal; wavelength locked triple-contact Fabry-Perot laser diodes; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Channel spacing; Noise; Scattering; Tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing; Back scattering; Fabry–Pérot laser diode (F-P LD); color-free operation; dense wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network (DWDM-PON); filtering effect; prefiltering; triple-contact F-P LD (TC F-P LD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2093514

Filename

5639027