Operating Penalties in Single-Fiber Operation 10-Gb/s, 1024-Way Split, 110-km Long-Reach Optical Access Networks

Author

Shea, Darren P. ; Mitchell, John E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll., London

Volume

18

Issue

23

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2463

Lastpage

2465

Abstract

We report for the first time optical signal-to-noise penalties which lead to performance degradations in single-fiber long-reach optical access networks when compared to identical dual-fiber systems. A simplified architecture, with reduced optical amplifier count compared to previous work, for single-fiber operation of a symmetrical 10-Gb/s, 1024-way split, 110-km long-reach optical access network is presented and demonstrated. In addition, a possible solution to remove the optical signal-to-noise penalty is suggested

Keywords

optical fibre subscriber loops; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 110 km; add-drop multiplexers; coarse wavelength-division-multiplexing; long-reach optical access networks; operating penalties; optical signal-to-noise penalty; performance degradations; reduced optical amplifier; single-fiber operation; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Multiplexing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Stimulated emission; 10 Gb/s; long-reach; next-generation access; optical access; single fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.886848

Filename

4014261