Abstract
We propose a hybrid passive optical network (PON) architecture supporting
time-division multiplexing (TDM) and dense spectrum-sliced
wavelength-division multiplexing (SS-WDM) over the legacy PON
infrastructure. We use a fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-based self-seeded
reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) transmitter in conjunction
with a recently proposed balanced receiver (BR); identical transceiver pairs
are placed at the central office and customer side. Self-seeded RSOAs
obviate the need for centralized sources, providing a high power, directly
modulated source. Intensity noise mitigation of this thermal source is
investigated by operating the RSOA in saturation and employing the recently
proposed BR. We study the optimal reflectivity for seeding that balances
signal power and noise cleaning to achieve the best bit error rate (BER)
possible; channel widths are comparable with dense WDM when using coherent
sources.We experimentally demonstrate a symmetrical 1.25 Gb/s dense SS-WDM
transmission over the legacy PON infrastructure using our optimized
self-seeded RSOA transmitter and the BR. Using a reflective $(18 \pm 2\hbox{\%})$ FBG for self-seeding, we achieve up to 4.5 dBm of output power
within a 25 GHz channel. Error free transmission $({\rm BER} < 10^{-10})$ is achieved over a 20 km feeder. We investigate the possibility
of colorless ONU operation. The power budget allows 32 users (64 users with
reasonable OLT amplification) to be supported over the existing PON
infrastructure. Simulations show capacity increases to 128 users when a
Reed–Solomon RS(255, 239) forward error correcting code is
used.
© 2010 IEEE
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