Demonstration of low-cost uplink transmission in a coherent OCDMA PON using gain-switched fabry-pérot lasers with external injection

Jie Liu, Yang Lu, Changjian Guo, Xuezhi Hong, Lei Xu, Sailing He

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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a simple and low-cost uplink transmission scheme for coherent optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA) passive optical networks (PONs), using gain-switched Fabry-Pérot (GS-FP) lasers with external injection as local light sources at optical network units. Experimental results based on the two-user 1.25-Gb/s OCDMA system confirm the feasibility of this scheme. The system performance is compared with that of the OCDMA system using a conventional mode-locked laser (MLL). The auto-correlation peak to the maximum wing level (P/W) ratio is also given as the central wavelength of the GS-FP laser varies. The present low-cost scheme is highly preferable for OCDMA PON applications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number5438919
Pages (from-to)583-585
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume22
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Fabry-Pérot (FP) laser
  • Gain-switching
  • Optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA)
  • Passive optical network (PON)

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