Title :
A novel line coding pair for fully passive long reach WDM-PONs
Author :
Presi, M. ; Proietti, R. ; Prince, K. ; Contestabile, G. ; Ciaramella, E.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa
Abstract :
A novel line coding pair allows to use unsaturated reflective-SOAs as upstream remodulator in long-reach WDM-PONs. Full-duplex and symmetric 80 km reach is demonstrated without in-line amplification at 1.25 Gb/s.
Keywords :
encoding; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; line coding pair; long reach WDM-PON; reflective-SOA; upstream remodulator; Availability; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Pulse amplifiers; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729387
