32-dB Loss Budget High-Capacity OFDM Long-Reach PON over 60-km Transmission without Optical Amplifier

Abstract

For the first time, 33-Gbps 60-km OFDM transmission is demonstrated to show 32-dB loss budget without inline and pre-amplifier. Employing 10-GHz EAM and PIN, the long-reach PON can economically support 32 ONUs with >1-Gbps/ONU capacity.