Abstract
Passive optical network (PON) architectures and systems of today are not efficient in utilizing capacity and spectrum. The daily usage patterns and the ever-growing bandwidth demand in access require a transport technology that is dynamically operated and that is based on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). FlexPON is designed to meet those requirements: it combines a reconfigurable WDM layer with "on-demand" time division multiple access (TDMA) and wavelength-agnostic optical networking units (ONUs). As such, it enables flexible capacity planning between such stacked TDMA/WDM PONs on single fiber architectures. In this work, progress is reported on multi-wavelength transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) sub-systems that are used at the optical line termination (OLT) at the central office. The Indium Phosphide (InP)-based application specific photonic integrated circuits (ASPICs) are realized following the generic integration method proposed by the European EuroPIC project. Static and dynamic measurements are shown. The TX8-channel ASPIC is operated at 12.5 Gbps in a back-to-back (BTB) and 20 km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) configuration. Error-free BTB operation at 10 Gbps is obtained employing a 231 -1 pseudo random bit sequence (PRBS).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2012 14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2-5 July 2012, Warwick, Coventry, UK |
Place of Publication | Piscataway |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | Th.A2.2-1/4 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4673-2229-4 |
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Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Event | 14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2012) - University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Jul 2012 → 5 Jul 2012 Conference number: 14 http://www.nit.eu/icton-2012 |
Conference
Conference | 14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2012) |
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Abbreviated title | ICTON 2012 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Coventry |
Period | 2/07/12 → 5/07/12 |
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