DocumentCode
600677
Title
On the impact of backreflections in a bidirectional 10 Gbit/s coherent WDM-PON
Author
Lavery, Domanic ; Behrens, C. ; Savory, Seb J.
Author_Institution
Opt. Networks Group, UCL Electron. & Electr. Eng., London, UK
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
The impact of backreflections on receiver sensitivity in a bidirectional coherent WDM-PON is investigated. Channel spacing is swept from 4 GHz to 30 GHz using 3.125 GBaud PDM-QPSK channels.
Keywords
optical receivers; passive optical networks; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; PDM-QPSK channels; backreflections; bidirectional coherent WDM-PON; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; channel spacing; frequency 4 GHz to 30 GHz; receiver sensitivity; Connectors; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Passive optical networks; Sensitivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6476502
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