ONU Optimal Gain and Position of the Distribution Element in Rayleigh-limited WDM and TDM PONs with reflective ONU

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
López, E. T.; Lázaro, J. A.; Arellano, C.; Polo, V.; Prat, J. (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Dept. of Signal Theory and Comm.)

Abstract:
The influence of the distribution element position in PONs is reported. Best Crosstalk-to-Signal ratio (C/S) is achieved if it is placed either in the ONU or OLT vicinity with optimum ONU gain depending of the MUX position.