An automatic wavelength control method of a tunable laser for a WDM-PON

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 325-327

  Moon, Jung Hyung ^a   Choi, Ki Man ^b   Mun, Sil Gu ^a   Lee, Chang Hee ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b KT Cooperation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Passive optical network (PON); Tunable laser,wavelength control; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; BROADBAND LIGHT SOURCES; LOW POWER; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK; TRANSMISSION WAVELENGTH; TUNABLE LASERS; WAVELENGTH CONTROL; WAVELENGTH-DIVISION-MULTIPLEXED PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; WDM-PON;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASER TUNING; LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

PASSIVE NETWORKS;

EID: 77953923695     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2011373     Document Type: Article

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