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Variable optical splitter based on wavelength-sensitive components and related intelligent passive optical network

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This paper proposed a novel variable optical splitter, of which the splitting ratio can be dynamically adjusted according to different wavelengths. A novel intelligent passive optical network (PON) system based on this splitter was also presented. Experimental results demonstrated that the insertion loss can be reduced corresponding to the decrease of the splitting ratio.

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We would like to acknowledge Sindi Telecom Equipment Ltd for the assistant on device fabrication.

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  1. China Mobile Research Institute, Beijing, 100053, China

    Dechao Zhang, Han Li, Lei Wang, Liang Geng, Shiguang Wang & Sheng Liu

  2. Sindi Telecom Equipment Ltd, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Yang Gao

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Dechao Zhang received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Communication and Information System, Peking University in 2007, and joined China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) since then. Now he is acting as a project manager and senior engineer in CMRI, major in the area of optical transport and access network. He has been engaged in the research on passive optical network (PON), high speed transmission system, and new kinds of fibers, and responsible for the technical specification formulation, equipment testing, and the study of development strategy for new optical access technologies.

Han LI received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1999 and 2002, respectively. He is the deputy director of the network department of China Mobile Research Institute and in charge of transport and IP technology. He has delivered more than 100 contributions to ITU-T and IETF on MPLS-TP, OTN, PON and time synchronization areas. He holds more than 30 domestic and international patents and has published many scientific papers.

Lei WANG is Senior Engineer, Technical Manager of China Mobile Research Institute. He has been working on the study of the optical transport and access networks since he got the Ph.D. degree of electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in January, 2006. He is also the Deputy Leader of the Working Group of Access and homing networks in TC6, CCSA.

Liang GENG joined China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) after received the Ph.D. degree in photonic engineering from University of Cambridge in the UK in 2013. His research interests include high speed multimode waveguide transmission system, advanced multilevel modulation scheme and low-cost visible light communication. He is now mainly involved in PON, Smart ONU and 5G transport projects within CMRI.

Shiguang Wang received the Master degree in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University in 2010. He is currently working as a Research Engineer at the China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI). His current research interests include PON, NG-PON, WDM-PON, intelligent ODN and home gateway. He has more than 30 publications in the journals and conferences.

Sheng LIU received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2005, and Ph.D. degree in optoelectronics from University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, 2011 respectively. His research interests include nonlinear optics, waveguide, and WDM system. Now he acts as a project manager in China Mobile Research Institute.

Yang Gao received the Master degree from Zhejiang University, China, in 2007. He leads Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) R&D group in Sindi Telecom Equipment Ltd to develop integrated optical waveguide chip.

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Zhang, D., Li, H., Wang, L. et al. Variable optical splitter based on wavelength-sensitive components and related intelligent passive optical network. Front. Optoelectron. 10, 57–61 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-016-0534-2

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