Title :
Directly-Modulated Self-Seeding Reflective SOAs as Colorless Transmitters for WDM Passive Optical Networks
Author :
Wong, Elaine ; Lee, Ka Lun ; Anderson, Trevor
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. Tel: + 61-3-83440238; Fax: +61-3-83446678; E-mail: e.wong@ee.unimelb.edu.au
Abstract :
We present the first demonstration of directly-modulated self-seeding reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers as colorless transmitters in a WDM-PON, eliminating centralized broadband sources, active temperature control and external modulators.
Keywords :
Arrayed waveguide gratings; Band pass filters; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; WDM networks; 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.2006.216082
