We consider long-wavelength vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) directly modulated with discrete multitone (DMT) signals as a very promising solution for implementing energy-efficient transmitters for 50G passive optical networks (PONs). Two scenarios based on single sideband and dual sideband modulation are taken into account. Preliminary experimentation with already available short-cavity VCSELs operating in the third window is presented to show the PON performance as a function of the accumulated chromatic dispersion and of the received power. Experimental results are also used to validate a simulation tool, which is further used to provide the performance evaluation of transmitters based on next-generation short cavity VCSELs with higher bandwidth (up to 20 GHz), operating in the O band. Thanks to its water-filling nature, DMT is demonstrated to enable PON flexibility: in fact, considering the statistics regarding a commercially deployed PON, a significant increase of the maximum aggregated capacity is provided, optimizing the PON resource usage with respect to the losses and dispersion impairments.
Next generation 50G PON flexible transmitters based on directly modulated VCSELs
Parolari P.;Boffi P.;Gatto A.;
2020-01-01
Abstract
We consider long-wavelength vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) directly modulated with discrete multitone (DMT) signals as a very promising solution for implementing energy-efficient transmitters for 50G passive optical networks (PONs). Two scenarios based on single sideband and dual sideband modulation are taken into account. Preliminary experimentation with already available short-cavity VCSELs operating in the third window is presented to show the PON performance as a function of the accumulated chromatic dispersion and of the received power. Experimental results are also used to validate a simulation tool, which is further used to provide the performance evaluation of transmitters based on next-generation short cavity VCSELs with higher bandwidth (up to 20 GHz), operating in the O band. Thanks to its water-filling nature, DMT is demonstrated to enable PON flexibility: in fact, considering the statistics regarding a commercially deployed PON, a significant increase of the maximum aggregated capacity is provided, optimizing the PON resource usage with respect to the losses and dispersion impairments.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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