Title :
SNR degradation owing to spectrum sliced effect in carrier-distributed WDM-PON
Author :
Nakamura, H. ; Suzuki, H. ; Iwatsuki, K.
Author_Institution :
Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Theoretically and experimentally clarified is the spectrum sliced effect which degrades the SNR in networks using the loopback scheme. The loss budget at 10 Gbit/s is investigated against the number of the distribution of the WDM light source in the carrier-distributed WDM-PON.
Keywords :
light sources; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; SNR degradation; WDM light source; carrier-distributed WDM-PON; loopback scheme; passive optical networks; spectrum sliced effect; wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20063585
