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 :
Photonic Systems Group, Tyndall National Institute & Department of Physics, University College Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
A novel integrated reflective EAM-SOA, capable of tolerating optical carrier power variations of up to 13dB, is operated in a 10Gb/s, 128-way split, 100km reach DWDM-TDMA PON.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Time division multiple access; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels, Belgium
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729416
