Demonstration of a 1252-subscriber WDM access PON architecture using a single sequentially pulsed multifrequency laser WDM source

Author

Giles, C.R. ; Zirngibl, M. ; Joyner, Charles

Author_Institution

Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ

fYear

1997

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

56

Abstract

In summary, a new WDM passive optical network (PON) architecture was shown capable of supporting 144 eight-channel WDM access PONs for a total of 1152 subscribers, each having 53-Mbit/s downstream capacity. This scalable PON architecture shares the source cost among a large number of subscribers and allows flexible capacity upgrading or provisioning

Keywords

optical fibre networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1252-subscriber WDM access PON architecture; 53 Mbit/s; Mbit/s downstream capacity; WDM passive optical network; eight-channel WDM access PONs; flexible capacity upgrading; optical fibre subscriber loops; provisioning; scalable PON architecture; single sequentially pulsed multifrequency laser WDM source; source cost; subscribers; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

1-55752-480-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1997.719684

Filename

719684