Title :
Dual output SOA based amplifier for PON extenders
Author :
Tervonen, A. ; Mattila, M. ; Weiershausen, W. ; von Lerber, T. ; Parsons, E. ; Chaouch, H. ; Marculescu, A. ; Leuthold, J. ; Kueppers, F.
Author_Institution :
Luxdyne Ltd., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
A novel two-output PON amplifier is demonstrated to provide over 8-dB output power budget improvement over a conventional SOA, with negligible ASE noise. With an additional preamplifier it can accommodate up to 30 dB burst-to-burst power variation.
Keywords :
optical burst switching; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; preamplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ASE noise; PON amplifier; PON extenders; burst-to-burst power variation; dual output SOA based amplifier; output power budget improvement; preamplifier; Bit error rate; Optical fiber amplifiers; Passive optical networks; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621435
