Title :
Optoelectronic Components for WDM-PON
Author :
Borghesani, Anna
Author_Institution :
CIP, Ipswich
Abstract :
With the increasing demand for bandwidth, there is an ever growing interest in fibre to the home (FTTH) technologies and its deployments. Wavelength division multiplexing passive optical networks (WDM-PONs) have received a lot of attention as one of the best contenders for next generation optical access networks. In this paper we will overview on WDM-PON architectures, focussing our attention on reflective PON schemes that offer a cost-effective, colourless solution. The critical component required for these schemes is the reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) transmitter at the customer premises. This paper will report latest results on RSOA technology for WDM-PON.
Keywords :
optical fibre subscriber loops; optoelectronic devices; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-PON; fibre to the home technologies; next generation optical access networks; optoelectronic components; reflective PON schemes; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier transmitter; wavelength division multiplexing passive optical networks; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing; Bit Error Rate (BER); Optical Network Unit (ONU); WDM-PON; reflective SOA; sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296094
