Performance of WDM-PON system based on optical frequency comb generation

Author

Villarreal, Gabriel D. ; Cardenas, Antonio M. ; Botia, Javier F.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Antioquia Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

fYear

2013

fDate

22-24 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper refers to a research about 5-channel wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) based on optical frequency combs generation (OFCG), using Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM). The simulations were applied in standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) like an alternative for next generation-PON (NG-PON). OFCG using MZM has been widely studied due to the fact that the spectral spacing is directly related with the RF frequency, and the number of sideband components depends on the RF power. These parameters affect the bit-error rate (BER). Therefore, OFCG shows that suitable channel spacing is required for WDM-PON systems with high data-rate at 10 Gbps. In addition, WDM-PON based on OFCG using MZM at 2,488 Gbps can reach lengths up to 37 Km; this system also provides high performance over the link length up to 22 Km with BER <;10^-12, 10 Gpbs and flat optical spectrum.

Keywords

channel spacing; error statistics; optical links; optical modulation; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 5-channel wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network; BER; MZM; Mach-Zehnder modulator; OFCG; RF frequency; RF power; WDM-PON system; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 2488 Gbit/s; bit-error rate; channel spacing; data-rate; flat optical spectrum; link length; next generation-PON; optical frequency comb generation; sideband components; spectral spacing; standard single-mode fiber; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; MZM; NG-PON; OFCG; SSMF G.652D; WDM-PON;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Computing (COLCOM), 2013 IEEE Colombian Conference on

Conference_Location

Medellin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0366-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4799-0365-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ColComCon.2013.6564819

Filename

6564819