Enhanced performance of RSOA-based WDM PON by using Manchester coding

• DOI: 10.1364/jon.6.000624
• Publication Date: 2007-09-04T20:23:48Z
• Authors: S. Y. Kim; S. B. Jun; Y. Takushima; E. S. Son; Y. C. Chung
• Keywords: Power budget; Optical line termination

Feature Issue on Passive Optical Network Architectures and TechnologiesWe propose demonstrate that the power budget scalability of wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network (WDM PON) implemented by using reflective semiconductor amplifiers (RSOAs) can be significantly improved modulating downstream signals in Manchester format instead conventional non-return-to-zero format. As an example, we experimentally show maximum transmission distance RSOA-based WDM PON increased a factor 2 Manchester-encoded signals.