Title :
Tunable OTDR (TOTDR) based on direct modulation of self-injection locked RSOA for line monitoring of WDM-PON
Author :
Thollabandi, Madhan ; Kim, Tae-Young ; Hann, Swook ; Park, Chang Soo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju
Abstract :
We demonstrate a TOTDR based on direct modulation of self-injection locked RSOA for line monitoring of WDM-PON. The proposed TOTDR has 30 nm tuning range and 50 m resolution.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical time-domain reflectometry; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-PON; direct modulation; line monitoring; self-injection locked RSOA; tunable OTDR; Bit error rate; Laser noise; Monitoring; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Passive optical networks; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729524
