• DocumentCode
    505857
  • Title

    Theory and practice of a polarization independent reflective SOA for WDM-PON applications

  • Author

    Taebi, Sareh ; Saini, Simarjeet Singh

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    Oct. 30 2008-Nov. 2 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A theoretical model for the saturation-power of an RSOA is described and compared with that of an SOA. A 1.25 Gbps L-band RSOA is demonstrated with >20 dB gain, <1 dB PDG and -1.7 dBm Psat.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; L-band RSOA; WDM-PON application; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; passive optical network; polarization independent reflective SOA; L-band; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2008. AOE 2008. Asia
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-863-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-863-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5348683