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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20080978
