• DocumentCode
    1068854
  • 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
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    138
  • Lastpage
    143
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2007.913072
  • Filename
    4451211