Title :
Four Extended-Reach TDM PONs Sharing a Bidirectional Hybrid CWDM Amplifier
Author :
Iannone, P.P. ; Lee, H.H. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Zhou, X. ; Du, M. ; Pálsdóttir, B. ; Feder, K. ; Westbrook, P. ; Brar, K. ; Mann, J. ; Spiekman, L.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs -Res., Middletown
Abstract :
We demonstrate four conventional TDM PONs with symmetric 2.5-Gb/s line rate and extended reach, sharing a common infrastructure. A hybrid SOA-Raman amplifier provides 150-nm bidirectional gain over the PONs´ downstream and upstream CWDM wavelength plan.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; time division multiplexing; bidirectional hybrid CWDM amplifier; hybrid SOA-Raman amplifier; optical amplifiers; optical fiber communications; passive optical networks; Costs; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Passive optical networks; Proposals; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time division multiplexing; Optical amplifiers; optical fiber communications;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2007.913072
