64/32/16QAM-OFDM using Direct-Detection for 40G-OFDMA-PON Downstream

Dayou Qian, Shu‐Hao Fan, Neda Cvijetic, Junqiang Hu, Ting Wang

2011 · 39 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

A 43.6Gb/s downstream OFDMA-PON is demonstrated using optical single-side band 64/32/16QAMOFDM signals and direct-detection receiver through 20km SSMF. Only one photodiode/OFDM receiver is required at the ONU, thereby significantly reducing system implementation complexity and cost.

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