Electronics Letters · 1996 · 44 citations · 0 references
PhotonicsEngineeringOptical Transmission SystemOptical NetworksOptical PropertiesPassive Optical NetworkDirect Detection ReceiversOptical Wireless CommunicationFiber OpticsOptical CommunicationOptoelectronicsOptical Networking
An all-optical passive WDM high capacity overlay on a PON is proposed and experimentally verified, using AWGs and direct detection receivers. The unmodified outside fibre plant and the AWG can be supervised from the CO.