Dieter Briggmann

WDM–TDM NG-PON Power Budget Extension by Utilizing SOA in the Remote Node

Today, even in access networks, data traffic is enormously increasing, a trend that causes existing passive optical network (PON) infrastructures to become bottlenecks in a tele- and data-communication infrastructure, which is aimed to be both broadband and seamless. Thus, two major objectives are considered for next-generation PONs (NG-PONs), i.e., first, bandwidth increase, and second, reach extension to reduce deployment costs. Here, we describe a new reach extension scheme that at the same time allows increasing the number of subscribers in the network. The amplification technique is based on a bidirectional semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). It is shown that the extender configuration not only meets the bandwidth and budget requirements for NG-PONs but also remarkably improves them. Differential (quadrature) phase-shift keying (D(Q)PSK) signals are investigated in this paper. Hybrid wavelength-division multiplexing/time-division multiplexing (WDM/TDM) transmission up to 120-Gb/s downstream and 40-Gb/s upstream are experimentally demonstrated. The access budget of 33.4 dB is achieved at 10 Gb/s on every WDM channel in case of DPSK enabling a splitting ratio of 1:512 per wavelength. Furthermore, optical power budget of 40 dB is obtained when DQPSK is used, where a splitting ratio of 1024 per wavelength can be supported. Additionally, a cost-efficient chirped managed directly modulated laser scheme is proposed for DPSK signal generation in U.S. scenario enabling a high-power budget performance low-cost transmitter configuration, which appears suitable for NG-PON application. The proposed technique also alleviates nonlinear impairments [specifically, cross-phase modulation (XPM)], which appear in dense WDM transmission.

Direct DPSK modulation of chirp-managed laser as cost-effective downstream transmitter for symmetrical 10-Gbit/s WDM PONs

This paper proposes the use of chirp-managed lasers (CML) as cost-effective downstream (DS) transmitters for next generation access networks. As the laser bandwidth is as high as 10 GHz, the CML could be directly modulated at 10 Gbit/s for downstream transmission in future wavelength division multiplexing passive optical networks (WDM PON). The laser adiabatic chirp, which is the main drawback limiting the transmission performance of directly modulated lasers, is now utilized to generate phase-shift keying (PSK) modulation format by direct modulation. At the user premise, the wavelength reuse technique based on reflective colorless upstream transmitter is applied. The optical network unit (ONU) reflects and orthogonally remodulates the received light with upstream data. A full-duplex transmission with symmetrical 10-Gbit/s bandwidth is demonstrated. Bit-error-rate measurement showed that optical power budgets of 29 dB at BER of 10(-9) or of 36 dB at BER of 10(-3) could be obtained with direct phase-shift-keying modulation of CML which proves that the proposed solution is a viable candidate for future WDM-PONs.

Generation of UWB Doublet Pulse Based on Directly Modulated Laser and Chromatic Dispersion

An ultra-wideband (UWB) doublet pulse generation technique in the optical domain for UWB-over-fiber systems is presented. Our solution is based on the direct modulation of a semiconductor laser, optical filtering, and chromatic dispersion in a transmission fiber. When the integration of the transmitter in optical access network infrastructure is considered, the transmission length difference, or the difference in accumulated dispersion, is an issue to exactly obtain the desired pulse shape. To solve this problem, we propose to adjust the transmitter operation point, specifically the laser chirp, with respect to the targeted transmission fiber length. Bit error rate measurements prove that doublet pulses can be achieved with fiber length variation from 15 to 40 km of single-mode fiber.

Radio transmission and BER performance of UWB pulse generation based on directly modulated semiconductor laser

Optical UWB pulse generation and wireless propagation through antenna is investigated. Experimental BER results are presented. It is shown due to antenna characteristics monocycle pulse is converted into 3rd-order Gaussian derivative after wireless propagation.

WDM-PON Budget Extension Techniques for Nx10 Gbit/s DPSK Signals

This paper shows optical power extension techniques for 10 Gbit/s per A. channel for WDM-PON DPSK systems. The scheme is based on semiconductor optical amplifiers. We present 56.5 dB total optical power budget enhancement using our configuration for the downstream scenario. The setup is cost effective in terms of optical components. Only one DLI (Delay Line Interferometer) is used to convert DPSK signals to OOK. We present experimentally as well as through simulations that our scheme has better performance than a single SOA as a power budget extender.

TDM-PON compatible generation of 10 Gbps NRZ and 1.25 Gbps UWB signals by a single light source

A novel and cost-efficient technique is presented to generate non-return-to-zero (NRZ) and ultra-wideband (UWB) signals in different time slots of time division multiplexing-passive optical network (TDM-PON) by using a single chirped controlled semiconductor laser associated with an optical bandpass filter. In this technique, the chirp of the laser is controlled by different bias burst amplitudes (BBA) for different time slots. Through the proper selection of the burst amplitudes, 10 Gbps NRZ and 1.25 Gbps UWB signals are generated in different time slots. Principle of operation is discussed, the complete chirp behavior of the laser is experimentally investigated, data transmission of the generated signals is demonstrated and bit-error-rate (BER) level of 10-9 is achieved.

Ultrawideband signal generation based on directly modulated semiconductor laser and optical filtering

A novel optical ultrawideband (UWB) pulse generator, which is capable of generating both Gaussian monocycle and Gaussian doublet pulses, by using a directly modulated semiconductor laser, optical filtering and chromatic dispersion in fiber is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The combination of directly modulated laser and optical filter performs an electro-optic derivative operation, which produces a monocycle pulse when Gaussian pulse driving current is applied. The transmission of the obtained signal in single mode fiber is also considered, the chromatic dispersion has strong influences on the laser chirped pulses. We exploit this accumulative dispersion in order to switch the pulse polarity and shape. The proposed system is implemented, and the generation of UWB monocycle and doublet pulses is experimentally demonstrated. Gaussian monocycle and doublet pulses with a fractional bandwidth of about 137% and 108% are experimentally generated.

Generation of FCC-compliant ultra-wideband waveforms using directly modulated semiconductor distributed-feedback laser

In this manuscript, we demonstrate experimentally the generation of U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-compliant ultra-wideband (UWB) waveforms based on direct modulation of semiconductor distributed-feedback laser, optical filtering and chromatic dispersion effect in single-mode fiber. The intensity modulation and the frequency modulation of the directly modulated laser are combined by the optical filter, which performs a photonic electro-optical derivative operation. The laser oscillation effect as well as the influence of chromatic dispersion in single-mode fiber are studied. Higher-order derivative of Gaussian pulse, which satisfies Federal Communications Commission regulation for indoor wireless communications, are obtained with precise laser control and dispersion management.

Experimental demonstration of NG-PONs power budget enhancement techniques

This paper experimentally investigates power budget extension configurations for WDM NG-PONs. Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK), and Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DQPSK) are considered. The budget enhancement techniques are based on Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA). The paper thoroughly studies power budget enhancement for the two modulation formats and shows that the proposed configurations comply with current standards such as XG-PON1.

Chirp-managed lasers as cost-efficient transmitters for 10-Gbit/s WDM-PONs

Chirp-managed lasers (CML) are demonstrated as simple low-cost transmitter with high tolerance to chromatic dispersion. This manuscript proposes the use of CML as cost-effective downstream (DS) transmitters for next generation access networks. The laser chirp, which is the main drawback limiting the transmission performance of directly modulated lasers, is now used to generate differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) modulation format by direct modulation. The network architecture using CML as downstream DPSK transmitter is proposed. Bit error-rate measurement showed that an optical power budget of 36 dB could be obtained with direct phase-shift keying modulation ofCML which proves that the proposed solution is a strong candidate for future WDM-PONs. Budget-extended WDM-PON configuration is also demonstrated using Saturated Collision Amplifier, which is an amplification scheme that uses SOA saturation in order to maximize the output power and minimize the ASE noise and the polarization sensitivity. The extension scheme is demonstrated for four-wavelength 10 Gbit/s unidirectional downstream configuration with 60-dB maximum total optical budget for each wavelength.