A PON system suitable for internetworking optical network units using a fiber Bragg grating on the feeder fiber

Author

Chae, Chang-Joon ; Lee, Seung-Tak ; Kim, Geun-Young ; Park, Heesang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Opt. Commun. Res., Korea Telecom Access Network, Taejon, South Korea

Volume

11

Issue

12

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1686

Lastpage

1688

Abstract

We propose a simple method for interconnecting a group of optical network units (ONUs) dispersed throughout the customer premises, yet retaining the features of the conventional passive optical network (PON) system. A fiber Bragg grating on the feeder fiber near the star coupler reflects the light from an ONU and broadcasts it to all ONUs through the coupler. We experimentally demonstrated its feasibility using two wavelengths: one for the conventional PON and the other for internetworking ONUs.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; computer networks; internetworking; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre networks; ONU; PON system; customer premises; feeder fiber; fiber Bragg grating; internetworking ONU; internetworking optical network units; passive optical network; Fiber gratings; High speed optical techniques; Internetworking; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.806888

Filename

806888