Title :
Demonstration of 10 Gbit/s colorless coherent PON incorporating tunable DS-DBR lasers and low-complexity parallel DSP
Author :
Lavery, Domaniç ; Maher, Robert ; Millar, David S. ; Thomsen, Benn C. ; Bayvel, Polina ; Savory, Seb J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Networks Group, UCL Electron. & Electr. Eng., London, UK
Abstract :
The feasibility of a colorless coherent PON operating at 10 Gbit/s is verified using monolithically integrated C-band tunable lasers as sources for the signal and local oscillator. Using parallel digital postprocessing, a sensitivity below -36 dBm is demonstrated.
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; oscillators; passive optical networks; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; colorless coherent PON; local oscillator; low-complexity parallel DSP; monolithically integrated C-band tunable lasers; parallel digital post-processing; signal source; tunable DS-DBR laser; Digital signal processing; Lasers; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Passive optical networks; Sensitivity;
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
