Title :
Optical and electrical power dynamic range of semiconductor optical amplifiers in radio-over-fiber networks
Author :
Koenig, S. ; Pfeifle, J. ; Bonk, R. ; Vallaitis, T. ; Meuer, C. ; Bimberg, D. ; Koos, C. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
Future RoF systems will be integrated into PON. We demonstrate that SOA reach extender provide a large optical and electrical power dynamic range of 30 dB. Optimum conditions are determined for QPSK and 16-QAM RF signals.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; radiocommunication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 16-QAM RF signals; QPSK; SOA; electrical power dynamic range; radio-over-fiber networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Adaptive optics; Optical attenuators; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
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.2010.5621535
