• DocumentCode
    1794476
  • Title

    Simplified polarization diversity heterodyne receiver for 1.25Gb/s cost-effective udWDM-PON

  • Author

    Cano, Ivan N. ; Lerin, Adolfo ; Polo, Victor ; Prat, Josep

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose a heterodyne receiver with a single-photodiode per polarization for ONU receiver in low-cost udWDM-PON. This grants polarization diversity operation showing a penalty of 6dB in sensitivity compared to a balanced detector.
  • Keywords
    optical receivers; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; ONU receiver; balanced detector; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; polarization diversity heterodyne receiver; single-photodiode per polarization; udWDM-PON; Bit error rate; Computer architecture; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.W4G.2
  • Filename
    6887193