Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a cost-effective coherent 10 Gb/s system for passive optical networks, exploiting off-the-shelf DFB lasers and a phase-diversity receiver based on a simple 3 × 3 fiber coupler. Since the system uses a simple amplitude-shift keying format, no complex electronic processing is required and there is no need of frequency/phase stabilization of the local oscillator, whose frequency can change by more than ±1 GHz with no significant performance variation. The system has a 40 dB loss budget and is, therefore, compatible with the high losses of practical optical distribution networks, where power splitting is used to distribute the signal to a high number of users. Error-free 10-Gb/s transmission at the FEC limit is obtained after transmission over up to 66 km of G.652 single mode fiber. Polarization-independent operation is also demonstrated with a simple modification of the detection scheme, without duplicating components, and with a small variation of the sensitivity. The limited complexity indicates the potential for a cost-effective implementation, which makes it compatible with the strictly cost-aware access networks environment, even for high-end services.

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