Title :
Advances in remote amplified modulator developments for applications from 10Gb/s WDM access to 100Gb/s core networks
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Thales 3-5 Lab., Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. France, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
Amplified electro-absorption modulators provide a realistic solution for colorless 10 Gb/s uncooled ONUs. Integrated photonic functions of this component open also new possibilities for multiformat single chip duplexers and QPSK line modulators.
Keywords :
electroabsorption; integrated optics; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; QPSK line modulators; WDM access; amplified electro-absorption modulators; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; colorless uncooled ONU; integrated photonic functions; multiformat single chip duplexers; remote amplified modulator developments; Modulation; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Passive optical networks; Random access memory; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.2010.5621570
