Chirp Reduction in Directly Modulated Multi-Electrode RSOA Devices in Passive Optical Networks

Author

de Valicourt, G. ; Pommereau, F. ; Poingt, F. ; Lamponi, M. ; Duan, G.H. ; Chanclou, P. ; Violas, M.A. ; Brenot, R.

Author_Institution

III-V Labs., Alcatel-Thales, Palaiseau, France

Volume

22

Issue

19

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1425

Lastpage

1427

Abstract

We demonstrate that the use of an optimized bi-electrode reflective semiconductor optical amplifier as remote modulator reduces the chirp. Our simulation shows that the chirp reduction is due to the carrier density profile in multi-electrode reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers. As a result of the chirp reduction, penalties for transmission are reduced from 6 to 4.5 dB on standard fiber at 2.5 Gb/s over 50 km. Using tri-electrode devices, a penalty of 3 dB is obtained for the same transmission conditions.

Keywords

electrodes; optical fibre networks; passive networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; bi-electrode reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; chirp reduction; directly modulated multielectrode RSOA devices; multielectrode reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers; passive optical networks; tri-electrode devices; Bandwidth; Charge carrier density; Chirp modulation; Electrodes; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Access control; modulation; optical fiber communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2062496

Filename

5535117