CASCADED WDM PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK WITH A HIGHLY SHARED SOURCE

Authors
STARK JB NUSS MC KNOX WH CUNDIFF ST BOIVIN L GRUBB SG TIPTON D DIGIOVANNI D KOREN U DREYER K
Citation
Jb. Stark et al., CASCADED WDM PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK WITH A HIGHLY SHARED SOURCE, IEEE photonics technology letters, 9(8), 1997, pp. 1170-1172
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
9
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1170 - 1172
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1997)9:8<1170:CWPONW>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a cascaded distribution fabric for WDM pass ive optical networks (WDM-PON) that delivers distinct data to potentia lly tens of thousands of subscribers using a single, centralized WDM s ource, This is possible by assigning a unique time slot to each wavele ngth, and replicating this ''bit-interleaved'' WDM signal in cascaded stages of amplification and power splitting, before data is encoded fo r each WDM-PON by a single TDM modulator.