Title :
Optical beat interference suppression using semiconductor optical amplifier in reflective semiconductor optical amplifier based WDM/SCM-passive optical network
Author :
Won, Yong-Yuk ; Lee, Sang-Hoon ; Kang, Jeung-Mo ; Han, Sang-Kook ; Jung, Eui-Suk ; Kim, Byung-Whi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
We proposed a novel method suppressing the OBI noise in RSOA based WDM/SCM-PON. This is to use the SOA operated in gain saturation range, which acts as high pass filter. CNR increased up to 15 dB compared with that without using a SOA.
Keywords :
interference suppression; light interference; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; PON; SCM-passive optical network; WDM; high pass filter; optical beat interference suppression; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; Intelligent networks; Interference suppression; Low-frequency noise; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215850
