A self-restorable architecture for bidirectional wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network with colorless ONUs.
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel protection scheme for wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) employing colorless optical transceivers. The proposed network employs 2 x N arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) to utilize its routing characteristics. The colorless operation is achieved by using wavelength-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes (FP-LDs) injected with spectrum-sliced amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) light. The experimental results show that the restoration can be achieved within 8 ms against the feeder fiber fault and the power penalty introduced by the restoration process is negligible.
Lee
Kwanil
K
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39-1 Hawolgok-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Korea. klee21@kist.re.kr
Lee
Sang Bae
SB
Lee
Ju Han
JH
Han
Young-Geun
YG
Mun
Sil-Gu
SG
Lee
Sang-Mook
SM
Lee
Chang-Hee
CH