Title :
Optical multicarrier based IM/DD DWDM-SSB-OFDM access networks with SOAs for power budget extension
Author :
Vujicic, Vidak ; Anandarajah, Prince M. ; Browning, Colm ; Zhou, Rui ; O´Duill, Sean ; Barry, Liam P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
We report on the use of a SOA for simultaneous amplification of multicarrier, 10×12.5 Gb/s, DWDM-SSB-OFDM downstream signals finding negligible penalty at FEC limit compared to EDFAs. The scheme allows for a 128 passive split and transmission over 50 km.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA; FEC limit; IM-DD DWDM-SSB-OFDM access networks; SOA; downstream signals; multicarrier amplification; optical multicarrier; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; passive split; power budget extension; semiconductor optical amplifiers; OFDM; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964030
