Title :
Simulation and experimental verification of a 10-Gb/s NRZ field trial at 1.3 μm using semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Reichel, S. ; Eckert, J. ; Leppla, R. ; Zengerle, R. ; Mattheus, A. ; Garcia, L.C.
Author_Institution :
Lehrstuhl fur Theor. Elektrotech., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Optical system simulation of a field trial at 1.3 μm is presented, including attenuation, fiber dispersion, fiber nonlinearity, amplification by in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), amplifier noise and filtering. For the first time, simulation results in terms of saturation effects due to SOAs are compared with measurements obtained during a field trial in the network of the Deutsche Telekom, and show very good agreement.
Keywords :
digital simulation; light absorption; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical noise; optical saturation; semiconductor lasers; 1.3 micron; 10 Gbit/s; Deutsche Telekom; NRZ field trial; amplifier noise; attenuation; experimental verification; fiber dispersion; fiber nonlinearity; field trial; filtering; in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers; measurements; optical fibre network; optical system simulation; saturation effects; semiconductor optical amplifiers; simulation results; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
