Wavelength switchable ONU transmitter using a self-seeded RSOA for reconfigurable optical VPN over WDM PON

Author

Jayasinghe, Thisara ; Chae, Chang Joon ; Tucker, Rodney S. ; Nirmalathas, A. ; Yoo, J.-H. ; Kim, B.W.

Author_Institution

Victoria Lab., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A tunable transmitter using a self-seeded RSOA, which allows flexible operation of optical virtual private networking (OVPN) in WDM PON is proposed. We successfully demonstrate the use of this transmitter for an initial implementation of OVPN.

Keywords

laser tuning; optical fibre networks; optical switches; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; virtual private networks; wavelength division multiplexing; ONU transmitter; WDM PON; optical virtual private networking; reconfigurable optical VPN; self-seeded RSOA; semiconductor optical amplifier; tunable transmitter; wavelength switchable transmitter; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Australia; Laboratories; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Polarization; Virtual private networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the

Conference_Location

Sydney

Print_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610480

Filename

4610480