Bi-Directionally Amplified Extended Reach 40Gb/s CWDM-TDM PON with Burst-Mode Upstream Transmission

• DOI: 10.1364/nfoec.2011.pdpd6
• Publication Date: 2013-04-12T20:23:43Z
• Authors: P. P. Iannone; K. C. Reichmann; C. Brinton; J. Nakagawa; T. Cusick; E. M. Kimber; C. Doerr; L. L. Buhl; M. Cappuzzo; E. Y. Chen; L. Gomez; J. Johnson; A. M. Kanan; J. Lentz; Y. F. Chang; B. Pálsdóttir; T. Tokle; L. Spiekman
• Keywords: Burst mode (computing); Raman amplification

We demonstrate a 60-km CWDM-TDM PON with 40 Gb/s capacity both down and upstream. The system incorporates technologies such as volume manufacturable transmitters, burst-mode transmission, hybrid SOA-Raman amplifiers, cyclic CWDM multiplexer.