Title :
A self wavelength tracking method for a cost effective WDM-PON with tunable lasers
Author :
Mun, Sang-Rok ; Moon, Jung-Hyung ; Oh, Sang-Min ; Lee, Chang-Hee
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate a self wavelength tracking method for tunable lasers in a WDM-PON. By measuring the back-scattered power by a feeder fiber, we identified and tracked the allocated wavelength of the tunable laser.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical fibre networks; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; back-scattered power; cost effective WDM-PON; feeder fiber; self wavelength tracking method; tunable lasers; wavelength allocation; wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network; Costs; Light scattering; Optical scattering; Passive optical networks; Plugs; Power measurement; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength measurement;
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
