WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXED-PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK APPARATUS

• US 20100316383A1
• Filed: 10/20/2009
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KIM, Hyun Soo, Choi, Byung-Seok, Kwon, O-Kyun, Oh, Dae Kon, Kim, Kisoo, Kim, Dong Churl
• Application Number:
  US12/582,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20100316383A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0282 WDM tree architectures

Abstract

Provided is a wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network (WDM-PON) apparatus. The WDM-PON includes an optical source unit, an optical mux, and a chirped Bragg grating. The optical source unit generates an optical signal. The optical mux receives the optical signal from the optical source unit through one end of the optical mux, multiplexes the optical signal, and outputs the multiplexed optical signal. The chirped Bragg grating is connected to the other end of the optical mux. The chirped Bragg grating again reflects the optical signal having passed the optical mux to re-input a certain portion of the optical signal into the optical mux and the optical source unit. The optical mux performs a spectrum slicing on the re-inputted optical signal and operates the optical source unit using a channel wavelength of the optical mux as a main oscillation wavelength.

Claims

1. A wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network (WDM-PON) apparatus comprising:

an optical source unit generating an optical signal;

an optical mux receiving the optical signal from the optical source unit through one end of the optical mux, multiplexing the optical signal, and outputting the multiplexed optical signal; and

a chirped Bragg grating connected to the other end of the optical mux,

wherein the chirped Bragg grating again reflects the optical signal having passed the optical mux to re-input a certain portion of the optical signal into the optical mux and the optical source unit, and the optical mux performs a spectrum slicing on the re-inputted optical signal and operates the optical source unit using a channel wavelength of the optical mux as a main oscillation wavelength.

2. The WDM-PON apparatus of claim 1, wherein the chirped Bragg grating has a grating period that is gradually reduced from an entrance of the chirped Bragg grating to reflect a long wavelength first.

3. The WDM-PON apparatus of claim 1, wherein the optical source unit provides a high power at the center wavelength, and the chirped Bragg grating provides a low reflectance at the center wavelength, thereby allowing the optical source unit and the chirped Bragg grating to provide a uniform power with respect to a certain band.

4. The WDM-PON apparatus of claim 1, wherein the optical source unit comprises a gain region and a phase shift region, the phase shift region controlling a phase of the optical signal reflected from the chirped Bragg grating.

5. The WDM-PON apparatus of claim 4, wherein the optical source unit comprises a gain waveguide and a passive waveguide, the phase shift region formed on the gain waveguide or the passive waveguide and controlling the phase of the optical signal reflected from the chirped Bragg grating.

6. The WDM-PON apparatus of claim 1, wherein the total length of the optical source unit, the optical mux, and the chirped Bragg grating is an integer multiple of an oscillation wavelength of the optical source unit.

7. The WDM-PON apparatus of claim 1, wherein the chirped Bragg grating is a chirped optical fiber grating.

8. The WDM-PON apparatus of claim 7, wherein the chirped optical fiber grating is integrally formed with the optical mux.

9. The WDM-PON apparatus of claim 1, wherein the optical source unit comprises at least one of a Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD), a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA), a superluminescent diode (SLD), and a vertically-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL).