DocumentCode
515719
Title
Effects of Rayleigh backscattering in long-reach RSOA-based WDM PON
Author
Hong, U.H. ; Cho, K.Y. ; Takushima, Y. ; Chung, Y.C.
Author_Institution
Dept. .of Electr. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We investigate the effects of Rayleigh backscattering in a long-reach RSOA-based WDM PON. The results show that the Rayleigh-induced penalty depends highly on the gain of the remote EDFA and the lengths of drop fibers.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; Rayleigh backscattering; Rayleigh-induced penalty; long-reach RSOA-based WDM PON; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network; Backscatter; Crosstalk; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-884-1
Type
conf
Filename
5465428
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