28 July 2014 Upgrade of an optical network unit in a 40  Gb/s time and wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network using an upstream tunable colorless laser
Salem Bindhaiq, Abu Sahmah M. Supa’at, Nadiatulhuda Zulkifli, Redhwan Q. Shaddad, Abdallah M. Mataria
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Abstract
A high data transmission rate is the main requirement for next-generation telecommunication networks. A design for a 40  Gb/s time and wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network (TWDM-PON) for next-generation passive optical network stage 2 is presented. The use of a modulated grating Y-branch (MG-Y) laser is proposed as an upstream tunable colorless laser source to upgrade the optical network unit. The electronically tuned MG-Y externally modulated laser with a 10  Gb/s modulation rate is applied to a TWDM-PON and presented across a 3.2-nm tuning range. The performance of the proposed laser is analyzed in terms of bit error rate, eye diagram, and optical signal-to-noise ratio. The proposed TWDM-PON achieved an aggregated data rate of 40  Gb/s along 40 km of bidirectional fiber at a 1:128 splitting ratio without amplification and dispersion compensation.
© 2014 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 0091-3286/2014/$25.00 © 2014 SPIE
Salem Bindhaiq, Abu Sahmah M. Supa’at, Nadiatulhuda Zulkifli, Redhwan Q. Shaddad, and Abdallah M. Mataria "Upgrade of an optical network unit in a 40  Gb/s time and wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network using an upstream tunable colorless laser," Optical Engineering 53(7), 075107 (28 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.7.075107
Published: 28 July 2014
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KEYWORDS
Tunable lasers

Passive optical networks

Optical networks

Modulation

Multiplexing

Signal attenuation

Receivers

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