Title :
Effects of Rayleigh backscattering in long-reach RSOA-based WDM PON
Author :
Hong, U.H. ; Cho, K.Y. ; Takushima, Y. ; Chung, Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. .of Electr. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We investigate the effects of Rayleigh backscattering in a long-reach RSOA-based WDM PON. The results show that the Rayleigh-induced penalty depends highly on the gain of the remote EDFA and the lengths of drop fibers.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; Rayleigh backscattering; Rayleigh-induced penalty; long-reach RSOA-based WDM PON; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network; Backscatter; Crosstalk; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
