Title :
7dB optical power budget improvements of optical OFDM PON systems using narrow optical filters
Author :
Wei, J.L. ; Tang, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Bangor Univ., Bangor, UK
Abstract :
The use of 0.02nm bandwidth optical bandpass filters with 0.01nm wavelength offsets from optical carrier wavelengths in the optical OFDM (OOFDM) transmitter improves optical power budgets by 7dB at a total channel BER of 1×10-3 in directly modulated laser-based IMDD PON systems.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; band-pass filters; optical fibre networks; optical filters; OOFDM transmitter; laser-based IMDD PON system; narrow optical filter; optical OFDM PON system; optical bandpass filter; optical carrier wavelength; optical power budget improvement; Bandwidth; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682689
