Performance of Long-Reach Passive Access Networks Using Injection-Locked Fabry–Perot Laser Diodes With Finite Front-Facet Reflectivities

Author

Chien-Hung Yeh ; Chi-Wai Chow ; Yu-Fu Wu ; Sung-Ping Huang ; Yen-Liang Liu ; Ci-Ling Pan

Author_Institution

Inf. & Commun. Res. Labs., Ind. Technol. Res. Inst. (ITRI), Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

31

Issue

12

fYear

2013

fDate

15-Jun-13

Firstpage

1929

Lastpage

1934

Abstract

In this study, we use the injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes (FP-LDs) with front-facet reflectivities of 10% and 35% respectively, as colorless optical networking unit (ONU) in long-reach passive optical networks (LR-PONs). Here, the injection-locked FP-LD is directly modulated at 2.5 Gbit/s on-off keying (OOK) and 10 Gbit/s orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM) modulations for upstream traffic transmission over 60 km of single-mode fiber (SMF). Different operating parameters for the injection-locked FP-LD to achieve higher data rate transmission are reported.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; OFDM modulation; fibre lasers; passive optical networks; semiconductor lasers; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; colorless optical networking unit; data rate transmission; finite front-facet reflectivities; injection-locked Fabry-perot laser diodes; long-reach passive access networks; on-off keying; orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing; passive optical networks; single-mode fiber; upstream traffic transmission; Bit error rate; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical network units; Optical sensors; Passive optical networks; Power generation; Fabry-Perot Laser Diode (FP-LD); injection- locked; long-reach; orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM); passive optical network (PON);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2013.2254700

Filename

6493371