Title :
1.25-Gb/s Transmission Over an Access Network Link With Tunable OADM and a Reflective SOA
Author :
Urban, P.J. ; Pluk, E. G C ; de Laat, M.M. ; Huijskens, F.M. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Koonen, A.M.J. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven
fDate :
3/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The emerging broadband services and the avalanche-like growth of the broadband subscribers result in the intensification of data traffic in access networks. This drives the development of last-mile technologies to support multiservice provision on high bit-rate-capable reconfigurable networks. In this letter, we present the first transmission experiments carried out on the testbed of a hybrid wavelength-division-multiplexing/time- division-multiplexing access network based on cost-efficient elements like an integrated optical add-drop multiplexer and a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier. We successfully transmit two 1.25-Gb/s wavelength channels over 26-km standard single-mode fiber carrying data to and from the user.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; access network link; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; distance 26 km; integrated optical add-drop multiplexer; reflective SOA; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; single-mode fiber; time division multiplexing access network; tunable OADM; wavelength division multiplexing; Optical add–drop multiplexer (OADM); passive optical networks; reflective semiconductor amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.2012171
