Demonstration of Time‐ and Wavelength‐Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network Based on VCSEL Array

• Published in: ETRI journal Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 9 - 17
• Main Authors: Mun, Sil‐Gu, Lee, Eun‐Gu, Lee, Jie Hyun, Park, Heuk, Kang, Sae‐Kyoung, Lee, Han Hyub, Kim, Kwangok, Doo, Kyeong‐Hwan, Lee, Hyunjae, Chung, Hwan Seok, Lee, Jong Hyun, Lee, Sangsoo, Lee, Jyung Chan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 01.02.2016; 한국전자통신연구원
• Subjects: AWG; CMOS photonics; NG‐PON2; tunable BOSA; TWDM‐PON; VCSEL array; 전자/정보통신공학
• ISSN: 1225-6463; 2233-7326
• DOI: 10.4218/etrij.16.0115.0044

We demonstrate a time‐ and wavelength‐division multiplexed passive optical network system employing a vertical‐cavity surface‐emitting laser array–based optical line terminal transceiver and a tunable bidirectional optical subassembly–based optical network terminal transceiver. A packet error–free operation is achieved after a 40 km single‐mode fiber bidirectional transmission. We also discuss an arrayed waveguide grating, a photo detector array based on complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor photonics technologies, and low‐cost key devices for deployment in access networks.