Abstract
A new architecture for a wavelength-reused wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network, which is simultaneously transmitting both a wireline data and a wireless one, is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The proposed scheme uses a Mach-Zehnder modulator in the central office and a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier in the optical network unit. The subcarrier multiplexing method is utilized to simultaneously generate a wireline data and a wireless one for a downlink transmission. A downlink light is reused to transmit an uplink data using a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier. A transmitted downlink data is suppressed due to the gain saturation effect of a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier in the optical network unit and it is possible to directly remodulate an uplink 1.25-Gb/s baseband data. A 1.25-Gb/s bidirectional error free transmission is accomplished after 20-km optical transmission.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 627-629 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Microwave and Optical Technology Letters |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 Mar |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering