Title :
Long-reach WDM-PON using directly modulated RSOAs and subcarrier multiplexing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We demonstrate 50-km upstream transmission of 2.5-Gbps RSOA signals carried at 6GHz subcarrier over a single-fiber loopback network. Subcarrier multiplexing reduces the deleterious effects of Rayleigh back-scattering, which is confirmed by comparison with baseband transmission.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; subcarrier multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; RSOA; Rayleigh backscattering; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; direct modulation; distance 50 km; long-reach WDM-PON; single-fiber loopback network; subcarrier multiplexing; Optical amplifiers; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical reflection; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
