Title :
TWDM-PON-compatible 10 Gbps burst-mode coherent reflective ONU achieving 31 dB ODN loss using DFB lasers
Author :
Straullu, Stefano ; Chang, Joana ; Bosco, Gabriella ; Ferrero, Valter ; Abrate, Silivo ; Forghieri, Fabrizio ; Gaudino, Roberto
Author_Institution :
ISMB, Ist. Superiore Mario Boella, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
We present a self-coherent reflective PON demonstrator, TWDM-PON compatible, running at 10 Gbps upstream bit rate per ONU using commercial DFB lasers, achieving 31 dB ODN loss at BER=10-3 over splitter-based PON in TWDM-like burst mode operation.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; DFB lasers; ODN loss; TWDM-PON-compatible burst-mode coherent reflective ONU; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; loss 31 dB; self-coherent reflective PON demonstrator; splitter-based PON; Optical attenuators; Optical losses; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963950