Abstract
A new extended-reach GPON for rural areas using distributed Raman amplifiers is proposed and demonstrated. Symmetric 2.5-Gb/s bidirectional transmission is achieved for 32 subscribers over 60-km reach, without using any active extender.
© 2009 Optical Society of America
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