Author :
Healey, P. ; Townsend, P. ; Ford, C. ; Johnston, L. ; Townley, P. ; Lealman, I. ; Rivers, L. ; Perrin, S. ; Moore, R.
Abstract :
A method of implementing wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network (WDM-PON) upstream channels based on spectral slicing with wavelength-seeded travelling-wave reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) modulators is described. A dense WDM comprising eight 1 nm slices, each modulated at a data rate of 1.25 Gbit/s are shown to operate over 25 km of standard fibre with negligible crosstalk and <1 dB dispersion penalty
Keywords :
broadband networks; electro-optical modulation; optical fibre LAN; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.25 Gbit/s; 25 km; WDM-PON upstream channels; data rate; dense WDM; dispersion penalty; gigabit Ethernet; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectral slicing; wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network upstream channels; wavelength-seeded reflective SOAs; wavelength-seeded travelling-wave reflective SOA modulators;
