Title :
Reducing the backreflection impact by using gain-saturated SOA in WDM single-fiber loopback access networks
Author :
Fujiwara, Masamichi ; Suzuki, Hiro ; Iwatsuki, Katsumi
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Chiba
Abstract :
This paper reduces the impact of backreflection in WDM single-fiber loopback access networks by using a gain-saturated SOA. We presented the concept and experimentally confirmed that the gain-saturated SOA significantly improves the SNR of upstream signal
Keywords :
light reflection; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; backreflection; gain-saturated SOA; loopback access networks; signal-to-noise ratio; single-fiber networks; upstream signal; Intelligent networks; Noise reduction; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Service oriented architecture; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215348
