Title :
Reflective SOAs optimized for 1.25 Gbit/s WDM-PONs
Author :
Shin, H.C. ; Lee, J.S. ; Yun, I.K. ; Kim, S.W. ; Kim, H.I. ; Shin, H.S. ; Hwang, S.T. ; Oh, Y.J. ; Oh, Y.K. ; Shim, C.S.
Author_Institution :
Samsung Electron., Suwon, South Korea
Abstract :
We present R-SOAs with improved modulation bandwidth of ∼1.35 GHz as WDM sources in 1.25 Gbit/s WDM-PONs. In back-to-back transmission using the R-SOA seeded by 0.6 nm-wide ASE of -20 dBm, receiver sensitivity at a 10-9 BER was - 25.3 dBm.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical receivers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.25 Gbit/s; ASE; BER; WDM-PON; modulation bandwidth; receiver sensitivity; reflective SOA; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Parasitic capacitance; Proposals; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363234
