title: Upstream power equalization in a gigabit passive optical network.
abstract: We propose a technique for achieving equalized power in upstream traffic in the gigabit passive optical network (G-PON). A simple power equalizer based on a Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD) is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. By the proposed scheme, the different upstream powers can be equalized. As a result, a 20 dB dynamic upstream power range from -5 to -25 dBm, having a 1.7 dB maximal power variation, is attained. Moreover, the performance of the proposed configuration is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Information and Communications Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu 310-40, Taiwan. depew@itri.org.tw
authors.forename: Chien-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Dar-Zu
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Sien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chi