Title :
New RSOA devices for extended reach and high capacity hybrid TDM/WDM -PON networks
Author :
de Valicourt, G. ; Make, D. ; Landreau, J. ; Lamponi, M. ; Duan, G.H. ; Chanclou, P. ; Brenot, R.
Author_Institution :
lll-V Labs., Alcatel-Thales lll-V Labs., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the use of a high gain reflective semiconductor optical amplifier as remote modulator enables 36 dB optical budget for colourless operation at 2.5 Gbit/s over 45 km single mode fiber.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; PON networks; RSOA devices; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; distance 45 km; extended reach networks; high capacity hybrid TDM-WDM networks; passive optical network; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; remote modulator; single mode fiber; time-division multiplexing; wavelength-division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Time division multiplexing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1