Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a novel all-optical virtual private network (VPN) using a microwave photonic filter, which enables inter-communications among optical network units in a passive optical network system. In our scheme, an optical coupler based recirculating delay line is used at optical line terminal as an optical subsystem to implement a microwave photonic-bandpass filter (MP-BPF). The periodic passbands of an MP-BPF are used to transmit VPN signal, whereas stopbands are used for conventional upstream transmission. The proposed system has two critical issues, optical phase-induced intensity noise in the MP-BPF and Rayleigh back-scattering interference by a single-fiber loop back link. To overcome the issues, an RF clipping tone based spectrum-broadening technique is applied to uplink transmitter. The proposed all-optical VPN system is tolerant to wavelength of VPN optical carrier, and enables multi-VPN data transmission using multi-passbands of MP-BPF.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 7726031 |
Pages (from-to) | 2830-2833 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 Dec 15 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering