title: A broadband ASE light source-based full-duplex FTTX/ROF transport system.
abstract: A full-duplex fiber-to-the-X (FTTX)/radio-over-fiber (ROF) transport system based on a broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) light source is proposed and demonstrated for rural wide-spread villages. Combining the concepts of long-transmission transmission and ring topology, a long-haul single-mode fiber (SMF) trunk is sharing with multiple rural villages. Externally modulated baseband (BB) (1.25 Gbps) and radio-frequency (RF) (622 Mbps/10 GHz) signals are successfully transmitted simultaneously. Good bit error rate (BER) performance was achieved to demonstrate the practice of providing wire/wireless connections for long-haul wide-spread rural villages. Since our proposed system uses only a broadband ASE light source to achieve multi-wavelengths transmissions, it also reveals an outstanding one with simpler and more economic advantages.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hai-Han
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Heng-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Chien-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Kai-Jen
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chen