光学学报, 2016, 36 (9): 0906002, 网络出版: 2016-09-09
基于反射式半导体光放大器的OFDM-PON上行通道吞吐潜力
Throughput Potential of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network Uplink Based on Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
光通信 吞吐潜力 正交频分复用无源光网 无色光源 反射式半导体光放大器 光调制器 optics communications throughput potential orthogonal frequency division multiplexing passive colorless light source reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers optical modulator
摘要
对正交频分复用无源光网(OFDM-PON)的上行通道物理层的吞吐量进行研究。OFDM-PON在光网络单元(ONU)端采用反射式半导体光放大器(RSOA)作为无色光源,实现双边带光强度调制,并在光线路终端(OLT)采用加半导体光放大器(SOA)前置放大的PIN光二极管做直接检测。基于一个RSOA的窄带相干积分模型,采用对有源区中载流子速率方程和光波传播方程的微扰解对RSOA的动态电光调制特性和频率啁啾特性进行理论与实验探讨,证明RSOA具有低通调制特性,其3 dB截止频率关联于偏置电流和输入光功率。利用RSOA的频率啁啾和SOA的高通增益特性,并将RSOA与中心波长蓝移的光滤波器级联,实现光学均衡,把上行通道的3 dB截止频率从1.5 GHz扩展到2.2 GHz。进一步采用自适应比特加载的调制格式,使通过一个RSOA的上行数据吞吐量可以达到4 Gb/s以上,则一个包含10个ONU的OFDM-PON的上行吞吐量可达到40 Gb/s。
Abstract
The uplink physical throughput potential of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing passive optical network (OFDM-PON) is discussed. Reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers (RSOAs) are used in optical network units (ONUs) as the colorless resources to produce the dual-sideband intensity modulation, and a PIN photodiode with semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as pre-amplifier is used in optical line terminal (OLT) to complete direct detection. Based on a coherent narrowband integral model of RSOA, the weak perturbation solutions of the carrier rate equation and the wave propagation equation are used to investigate the RSOA’s dynamic electro-optical modulation behavior and frequency chirp characteristic theoretically and experimentally. It is proved that the RSOA is of low-pass modulation characteristics, and its 3 dB cut-off frequency is related to the bias current and the inject optical power. The optical equilibrium is achieved and the 3 dB cut-off frequency of the uplink can be promoted from 1.5 GHz up to 2.2 GHz by taking advantage of RSOA’s optical frequency chirp and the high-pass optical gain characteristic of SOA, and cascading a blue-shifted optical band-pass filter with RSOA. Furthermore, by utilizing the adaptive bit loading modulation, the data throughput in one RSOA-based uplink can reach 4 Gb/s and above,which means that the total uplink throughput of an OFDM-PON with ten RSOA-based ONUs can achieve 40 Gb/s.
邝彩霞, 陈荣荣, 宋英雄, 汪敏, 林如俭. 基于反射式半导体光放大器的OFDM-PON上行通道吞吐潜力[J]. 光学学报, 2016, 36(9): 0906002. Kuang Caixia, Chen Rongrong, Song Yingxiong, Wang Min, Lin Rujian. Throughput Potential of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network Uplink Based on Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2016, 36(9): 0906002.