Title :
Symmetric 10 Gb/s WDM-PON based on a cross wavelength-reusing scheme to avoid rayleigh backscattering and maximize band usage
Author :
Chiuchiarelli, Andrea ; Proietti, Roberto ; Presi, Marco ; Choudhury, Pallab ; Contestabile, Giampiero ; Ciaramella, Ernesto
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 10 Gb/s symmetrical WDM-PON exploiting a cross seeding scheme to enable wavelength reusing. It avoids reflection-induced penalties, and effectively removes any extinction-ratio constraint by means of DPSK modulation format in the downlink.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; DPSK modulation format; Rayleigh backscattering avoidance; band usage maximization; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cross seeding scheme; cross wavelength-reusing scheme; downlink; extinction-ratio constraint removal; symmetric WDM-PON; wavelength division multiplexing passive optical networks; Backscatter; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Erbium; Optical crosstalk; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343149
