GigaWaM—Next-Generation WDM-PON Enabling Gigabit Per-User Data Bandwidth

Author

Prince, Kamau ; Gibbon, Timothy B. ; Rodes, Roberto ; Hviid, Erling ; Mikkelsen, Christian Ingemann ; Neumeyr, Christian ; Ortsiefer, Markus ; Rönneberg, Enno ; Rosskopf, Jürgen ; Öhlén, Peter ; De Betou, Einar In ; Stoltz, Björn ; Goobar, Edgard ; Olsson

Author_Institution

Ignis Photonyx, Birkerod, Denmark

Volume

30

Issue

10

fYear

2012

fDate

5/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1444

Lastpage

1454

Abstract

The “Gigabit access passive optical network using wavelength division multiplexing” project aims to implement 64-Gb/s data transmission over 20-km single-mode fiber. Per-user symmetric data rates of 1-Gb/s will be achieved using wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) architecture with a 1:64 user split per PON segment. Enabling technologies being developed within the scope of the project include tunable transceivers and athermal 50-GHz array waveguide grating multiplexer devices. The future-proof WDM architecture will enable convergence triple-play (telephony, TV, and broadband internet) service over existing optical infrastructure, and also facilitate cost-effective dense wavelength division multiplexing for metro aggregation and mobile backhaul networks.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; optical transceivers; optical waveguides; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; GigaWaM; TV; athermal array waveguide grating multiplexer devices; bit rate 1 Gbit/s; bit rate 64 Gbit/s; broadband Internet; convergence triple-play; data transmission; dense wavelength division multiplexing; distance 20 km; frequency 50 GHz; gigabit access passive optical network; gigabit per-user data bandwidth; metro aggregation; mobile backhaul networks; next-generation WDM-PON; single-mode fiber; telephony; tunable transceivers; Laser tuning; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing; Optical access; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2012.2185039

Filename

6134621