Title :
Up to 60 km bidirectional transmission of a 16 channels × 10 Gb/s FDM-WDM PON based on self-seeded reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Le, Sy ; Lebreton, A. ; Saliou, Fabienne ; Deniel, Qian ; Charbonier, B. ; Chanclou, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Orange R&D, Lannion, France
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate for the first time a bidirectional transmission up to 60-km of a 16-channel-WDM-PON at 10-Gb/s. An optical-budget over 30-dB was obtained. This was based on self-seeded RSOAs and multi-level-modulation of RF signals.
Keywords :
frequency division multiplexing; optical modulation; optical signal detection; passive optical networks; radiofrequency amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; FDM-WDM PON; RSOA; bidirectional transmission; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distance 60 km; multilevel RF signal modulation; self seeded reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Frequency division multiplexing; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th3G.8
