• DocumentCode
    2989486
  • Title

    Optimal SOA-based Noise Reduction Schemes for Incoherent Spectrum-Sliced PONs

  • Author

    Mathlouthi, W. ; Lemieux, P. ; Rusch, L.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre d´´optique, photonique et laser (COPL), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally compare noise reduction of incoherent spectrum-sliced light using a SOA in both direct amplification and incoherent-to-coherent conversion. Results show conversion is more efficient when using fast gain recovery SOAs.
  • Keywords
    Band pass filters; Laser noise; Noise reduction; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801082
  • Filename
    4801082