Title :
Extended-reach PON employing 10Gb/s integrated reflective EAM-SOA
Author :
MacHale, E.K. ; Talli, G. ; Townsend, P.D. ; Borghesani, A. ; Lealman, I. ; Moodie, D.G. ; Smith, D.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork
Abstract :
A novel integrated reflective EAM-SOA, capable of tolerating optical carrier power variations of up to 13 dB, is operated in a 10 Gb/s, 128-way split, 100 km reach DWDM-TDMA PON.
Keywords :
electroabsorption; modulation; optical communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiple access; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM-TDMA PON; dense wavelength division multiplexing; integrated reflective EAM-SOA; optical carrier power variations; passive optical networks; reflective electro-absorption modulator; semiconductor optical amplifier; time division multiple access; Educational institutions; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Physics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729108
