Title :
Reconfigurable WDM/TDM-PON ring-architecture by using all-optical wavelength converter and injection-locked FP-LD
Author :
Inohara, Ryo ; Horiuchi, Yukio
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Fujimino, Japan
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a novel ring-based WDM/TDM-PON architecture which can flexibly concentrate subscribers in response to the demand. A wavelength converter and an injection-locked Fabry-Perot LD are respectively used for downstream and upstream forwarding.
Keywords :
convertors; optical fibre networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical wavelength converter; injection-locked FP-LD; injection-locked Fabry-Perot LD; laser diode; passive optical network system; reconfigurable WDM-TDM-PON ring-architecture; Fabry-Perot; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical scattering; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
