• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 11, Issue 2, 020607 (2013)
Hanlin Feng, Shilin Xiao, Lilin Yi, Zhao Zhou, Jie Shi, and Tao Qi
DOI: 10.3788/col201311.020607 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
Hanlin Feng, Shilin Xiao, Lilin Yi, Zhao Zhou, Jie Shi, Tao Qi. Simultaneous DPSK demodulation and wavelength conversion scheme for Rayleigh backscattering noise mitigation in WDM-PON[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(2): 020607 Copy Citation Text show less

Abstract

We propose a scheme for mitigating Rayleigh backscattering noise and demodulating differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) signals in wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical networks (WDM-PONs) with injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes (FP-LDs). Signal demodulation and wavelength conversion are simultaneously realized on the basis of the frequency deviation and red shift of longitude modes in the FP-LDs. Experimental results demonstrate that the demodulation and wavelength conversion of 2.5-Gb/s DPSK signals are achieved. A power penalty of about 1.6 dB at a bit error rate of 10-9 is measured after transmission over 25-km single mode fiber.
Hanlin Feng, Shilin Xiao, Lilin Yi, Zhao Zhou, Jie Shi, Tao Qi. Simultaneous DPSK demodulation and wavelength conversion scheme for Rayleigh backscattering noise mitigation in WDM-PON[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(2): 020607
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