A Novel Low-Cost Fiber In-Line-Type Bidirectional Optical Subassembly

Author

Lim, Kwon-Seob ; Lee, Jong Jin ; Lee, Seihyoung ; Yoon, Shinyoung ; Yu, Chong Hee ; Sohn, Ik-Bu ; Kang, Hyun Seo

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Gwangju

Volume

19

Issue

16

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1233

Lastpage

1235

Abstract

A novel low-cost fiber in-line-type bidirectional optical subassembly using a tilted fiber Bragg grating has been developed for fiber-to-the-home applications. We successfully realized a low-cost subassembly by reducing the number of components and simplifying the packaging process. The extinction ratio of 14.8 dB, receiver minimum sensitivity of -26.5 dBm at a bit-error rate of 10^-12 and frequency response of 2.7 GHz were experimentally obtained. The electrical crosstalk between transmitter and receiver part was less than -86 dB up to 2.5 GHz.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical receivers; optical transmitters; bidirectional optical subassembly; electrical crosstalk; fiber Bragg grating; fiber in-line optical assembly; fiber-to-the-home application; frequency 2.7 GHz; silicon optical bench; Fiber gratings; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Ultrafast optics; Bidirectional optical subassembly (BOSA); fiber in-line; fiber-to-the-home (FTTH); silicon optical bench; tilted fiber Bragg grating (FBG);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.902171

Filename

4280877