Rayleigh scattering reduction by means of optical frequency dithering in passive optical networks with remotely seeded ONUs

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 64-66

  Lazaro, Jose A ^a   Arellano, Cristina ^a   Polo, V ^a   Prat, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication system performance; Frequency modulation; Optical fiber communication; Rayleigh scattering

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CROSSTALK; FREQUENCY MODULATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

BIDIRECTIONAL CENTRALIZED LIGHT SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DITHERING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33846053908     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.889108     Document Type: Article

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