Open AccessColourless operation of short‐cavity VCSELs in C‐minus band for TWDM‐PONs
Author(s) -
Wong E.,
Müller M.,
Amann M.C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2012.4332
Subject(s) - passive optical network , gigabit , upstream (networking) , optoelectronics , materials science , optics , laser , wavelength division multiplexing , wavelength , power (physics) , time division multiplexing , multiplexing , division (mathematics) , electronic engineering , physics , computer science , telecommunications , engineering , arithmetic , mathematics , quantum mechanics
The tunability feature of short‐cavity vertical‐cavity surface‐emitting lasers in the C‐minus band to provide low‐power, cost‐efficient, colourless, and legacy system compliant transmitters for future time and wavelength division multiplexed passive optical networks is investigated. For the first time, a report is presented on error‐free performances across a 800 GHz tuning range with a potential aggregate upstream capacity of 80 Gbit/s over a system reach of at least 40 km and with a 1:64 split ratio.