Title :
Colorless Operation of WDM-PON Employing Uncooled Spectrum-Sliced Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Author :
Park, Sung-Bum ; Jung, Dae Kwang ; Shin, Dong Jae ; Shin, Hong Seok ; Yun, In Kuk ; Lee, Jeong Seok ; Oh, Yun Kyung ; Oh, Yun Je
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. R&D Center, Samsung Electron., Suwon
Abstract :
We demonstrate a low-cost wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network based on colorless uncooled spectrum-sliced reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers. In this network, we achieve bit-error rates of better than 10-10 over 32 100-GHz-spaced channels from 0 degC to 60 degC in 155-Mb/s transmissions. The penalties due to dispersion effect and Rayleigh backscattering interference over 25 km are almost negligible. We also present colorless operations over 16-channel coverage in outdoor temperature range
Keywords :
channel spacing; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 0 to 60 degC; 25 km; Rayleigh backscattering interference; WDM-PON; autocorrelation function; bit-error rates; channel spacing; dispersion effect; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectrum splicing; wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Current measurement; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Wavelength division multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; passive optical network (PON); spectrum-slicing technique; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.891197
