Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 2, 020607(2013)

Simultaneous DPSK demodulation and wavelength conversion scheme for Rayleigh backscattering noise mitigation in WDM-PON

Hanlin Feng, Shilin Xiao, Lilin Yi, Zhao Zhou, Jie Shi, and Tao Qi

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.

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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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Received: Jul. 25, 2012

Accepted: Sep. 4, 2012

Published Online: Jan. 23, 2013

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DOI:10.3788/col201311.020607

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