Digital Nyquist WDM for access networks using limited bandwidth reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Lazaro, J.A. ; Knorr, S. ; Schrenk, Bernhard ; Cano, Ivan ; Polo, Victor ; Prat, Josep ; Carena, Andrea ; Bosco, Gabriella

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

4-8 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Digital Nyquist-WDM is experimentally demonstrated using RSOA-based colorless ONUs, providing a 6-fold enhancement of transmission capacity through 25km fiber, and showing digital Nyquist-WDM as promising candidate for cost-effective flexible bandwidth allocation in PONs.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; optical communication equipment; passive optical networks; reflectivity; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; PON; RSOA-based colorless ONU; access networks; cost-effective flexible bandwidth allocation; digital Nyquist WDM; distance 25 km; limited bandwidth reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers; transmission capacity; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Modulation; Optical distortion; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

ISSN

pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0262-3

Type

conf

Filename

6476174