160-Gbps-8-port WDM PON-based RZ coder with vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) and CW laser.

This study involves a simulation-based optimization of a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) in a passive optical network system, and an RZ modulator, with incorporating a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) and an edge-emitting (CW) laser alternately. Two scenarios have been proposed. First, 8 VCSEL/CW lasers, having distinctive frequency, are assigned for each user in the WDM PON. In the second scenario, only one optical source (193.1 THz) is employed to share among the eight users of the PON. The first scenario supports 5 Gbps up to 150 km fiber length, and comparably, the VCSEL-based system provides a better Q-factor performance comparable with the CW laser-based system. The second scenario confirmed the transmission of 20 Gbps up to 150 km by the VCSEL-based system, while the CW laser system allowed 20 Gbps up to only 100 km, while demonstrating a lower Q-factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]