Title :
Laser-free operation of customer unit with local area network emulation in passive optical networks facilitated by reflective semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Nadarajah, N. ; Nirmalathas, A. ; Wong, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne
Abstract :
A scheme for upstream access and local area networking among customers in a passive optical network facilitated through a single reflective semiconductor optical amplifier placed in customer premises is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Upstream access is performed by wavelength seeding the reflective semiconductor optical amplifier while the broadband amplified spontaneous emission spectra was used for the transmission of the local area network traffic
Keywords :
broadband networks; optical fibre LAN; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication traffic; broadband amplified spontaneous emission spectra; customer unit; laser-free operation; local area network emulation; local area network traffic; passive optical networks; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; upstream access; wavelength seeding;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20073638
