Title :
Performance evaluation and improvement methods for low-driving voltage transmitters in long reach PONs
Author :
Chatzi, Sotiria ; Tsekrekos, Christos P. ; Klonidis, Dimitrios ; Tomkos, Ioannis
Author_Institution :
Athens Inf. Technol. (AIT) Centre, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
The performance of two common low-driving voltage (low-ER) sources is experimentally evaluated for long reach PON applications, considering also partial optical dispersion compensation and electronic equalization methods for performance improvement.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; passive optical networks; PON; electronic equalization method; low driving voltage transmitter; partial optical dispersion compensation; passive optical network; performance evaluation; Bit error rate; Dispersion; Optical network units; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
