Current Trends towards PON systems at 50+ Gbps

Abstract

Next generation PON targeting 50 Gbit/s/lambda (50G-PON) based on intensity modulation and direct detection (IM-DD) will likely be under strong bandwidth limitations. We present a PAM-2 and Electrical DuoBinary performance analysis of 50 Gbps PON system by using 25G and 50G transceivers technology with several optical receiver architectures and study of the adaptive equalization impact.