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Abstract

A bidirectional directly modulated cable passive optical network (PON) based on a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) as a colorless modulator in the optical network unit (ONU) is proposed and demonstrated. Good performances of downstream carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR)/composite second-order (CSO)/composite triple beat (CTB) and upstream bit error rate (BER) were achieved over a 40-km single-mode fiber (SMF) transmission. This proposed directly modulated cable PON is simpler and cost lower than the externally modulated one.

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Dr. Hsiao-Chun Peng

Prof. Hai-Han Lu

Dr. Wen-Shing Tsai

Dr. Cheng-Ling Ying

Dr. Hwan-Wen Chen