Title :
Pattern effect suppression technique of synchronized gain-clamping light injection for downstream SOA in optically-amplified PON systems
Author :
Taguchi, Katsuhisa ; Fujiwara, Masamichi ; Imai, Takeshi ; Suzuki, Ken-Ichi ; Ishii, Hiroshi ; Yoshimoto, Naoto
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
Simple technique that combines synchronized-GC light injection with complementary signal pattern is proposed to completely suppress the pattern effect and greatly improve the extinction ratio in the downstream SOA of an optically-amplified PON system.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; extinction ratio; gain-clamping light injection; optically-amplified PON systems; pattern effect suppression technique; synchronized-GC light injection; Extinction ratio; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Passive optical networks; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
