Improved high pass filtering for passive optical networks

Douglas Jorgesen, Christopher F. Marki, Sadik Esener

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Abstract

High pass filtering (HPF) is a promising technique to eliminate Rayleigh noise in central light source passive optical networks (CLS-PONs) because it can improve system performance without additional hardware. In this study, the impact of HPF is experimentally investigated. Appropriate filter cutoff frequency is found to be dependent on signal extinction ratio (ER) and pattern length. Proper HPF is found to reduce Rayleigh noise sensitivity in low ER signals by more than 10 dB. This will potentially reduce the cost of future CLS-PONs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number5471130
Pages (from-to)1144-1146
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume22
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Backreflection
  • bidirectional transmission
  • optical access network
  • single-fiber loopback transmission
  • wavelength-division multiplexing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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