A Compact, High Performance Passive Optical Network Transceiver Integration Approach

The relentless traffic growth of passive optical networks (PONs) requires high-performance optical transceivers capable of operating over legacy installed fiber links designed for much lower data rates. New methods of increasing launched optical power and received optical sensitivity are required while reducing the cost of these transceivers. We present a compact silicon optical bench 10Gb/s XGS-PON platform demonstrating E1 class performance over 29dB link loss. The integration approach is suited to high volume automated assembly for low cost.