Colorless optical sources for fiber-optic access networks of new generation

Author

Sprem, Marko ; Komljenovic, Tin ; Babic, Dubravko ; Sipus, Zvonimir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Wireless Commun., Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

fYear

2014

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We present recent advances in the development of self-seeded colorless WDM-PON optical links employing modulation averaging. Modulation-averaging, employed as a reflector at the remote node, improves the link margin and allows for a wider range of bias conditions at the transmitter. The modulation-averaging reflector is a passive optical device and therefore the remote nodes in our proposed WDM-PON system remain passive, with no power needed to accomplish this improvement. The suitability of proposed architecture for next-generation optical access is demonstrated by transmission over 60 km at 1.25 GBaud line rate.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; optical links; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-PON optical links; colorless optical sources; fiber-optic access networks; modulation-averaging reflector; next-generation optical access; passive optical device; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; optical access networks; self-seeding; spectral-slicing; wavelength-division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ELMAR (ELMAR), 2014 56th International Symposium

Conference_Location

Zadar

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923366

Filename

6923366