• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 8, Issue 5, 380 (2012)
Khan Yousaf*, Chong-xiu YU, Xiang-jun XIN, Ali Amjad, Husain Aftab, and Bo LIU
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-012-2268-8 Cite this Article
    Yousaf Khan, YU Chong-xiu, XIN Xiang-jun, Amjad Ali, Aftab Husain, LIU Bo. Rayleigh backscattering minimization in single fiber colorless WDM-PON using intensity remodulation technique[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2012, 8(5): 380 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The performance of colorless wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) systems suffers from the transmission impairments mainly due to Rayleigh backscattering (RB). In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a single fiber colorless WDM-PON which enhances the tolerance to RB induced noise. The high extinction ratio in both return-to-zero (RZ)-shaped differential phase shift keying (DPSK) downstream (DS) data signal and intensity-remodulated upstream (US) data signal helps to improve the tolerance to RB induced noise. Simulation results show that downstream and upstream signals can achieve error-free performance at 10 Gbit/s with negligible penalty and improve the tolerance to RB induced noise over 25 km standard single-mode fiber.
    Yousaf Khan, YU Chong-xiu, XIN Xiang-jun, Amjad Ali, Aftab Husain, LIU Bo. Rayleigh backscattering minimization in single fiber colorless WDM-PON using intensity remodulation technique[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2012, 8(5): 380
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