Transmission experiment using a laser amplifier-reflector for DWDM access network

Abstract

Dense WDM passive optical networks are attractive architectures for the implementation of optical fibres in the access network. For this, we have investigated the use of a single semiconductor laser amplifier/reflector at the subscriber unit in order to avoid the generation of a specific wavelength. In this paper, the reflection-mode operation has been demonstrated in a transmission experiment at 155 Mb/s.