Bidirectional wavelength-division multiplexing transmission over installed fibre using a simplified optical coherent access transceiver

M. S. Erkılınç; D. Lavery; K. Shi; B. C. Thomsen; R. I. Killey; S. J. Savory; P. Bayvel

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00875-z

Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Bidirectional wavelength-division multiplexing transmission over installed fibre using a simplified optical coherent access transceiver

M. S. Erkılınç,
D. Lavery,
K. Shi,
B. C. Thomsen,
R. I. Killey,
S. J. Savory,
P. Bayvel

Affiliations

M. S. Erkılınç: Optical Networks Group, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Eng., UCL
D. Lavery: Optical Networks Group, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Eng., UCL
K. Shi: Optical Networks Group, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Eng., UCL
B. C. Thomsen: Optical Networks Group, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Eng., UCL
R. I. Killey: Optical Networks Group, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Eng., UCL
S. J. Savory: University of Cambridge, Dept. of Eng., Electrical Eng. Division
P. Bayvel: Optical Networks Group, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Eng., UCL

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00875-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The signalling scheme used in access networks require electrical bandwidths many times greater than subscribers can utilise. Here, the authors describe a promising approach to achieve bidirectional transmission with bandwidth-efficient yet low-complexity coherent optical network unit transceiver.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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