• DocumentCode
    1242234
  • Title

    Gain transient suppression for WDM PON networks using semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Gibbon, T.B. ; Osadchiy, A.V. ; Kjaer, R. ; Jensen, J.B. ; Monroy, I. Tafur

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    756
  • Lastpage
    758
  • Abstract
    The use of a receiver-integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) for gain transient suppression in wavelength division multiplexed passive optical networks is proposed and experimentally studied. the effectiveness of SOA transient suppression is investigated as a function of the optical input power into the SOA for a 10 Gbit/s channel disturbed by power transients. Near-perfect correction of a 2.3 db transient power penalty for transmission over a 25 km standard singlemode fibre link is demonstrated by using an SOA with a holding beam.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; SOA; WDM PON networks; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; gain transient suppression; power transients; receiver-integrated semiconductor optical amplifier; singlemode fibre link; wavelength division multiplexed passive optical networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20080978
  • Filename
    4539022