Title :
A simple high-speed WDM PON utilizing a centralized supercontinuum broadband light source for colorless ONUs
Author :
Zhang, Bo ; Lin, Chinlon ; Li Huo ; Wang, Zhaoxin ; Chan, Chun-Kit
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
Abstract :
We propose a simple high-speed WDM-PON, using a centralized supercontinuum broadband light source based on a nonlinear PCF for upstream optical carriers. "Colorless" ONU operation has been demonstrated in a 10 Gb/s bidirectional transmission over 40 km distance
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light sources; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 km; bidirectional transmission; broadband light source; centralized light source; colorless optical network unit; high-speed WDM PON; nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; supercontinuum light source; upstream optical carriers; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Light sources; Optical fiber polarization; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Superluminescent diodes; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215351
