10-Gb/s Operation of RSOA for WDM PON

Author

Cho, K.Y. ; Takushima, Y. ; Chung, Y.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon

Volume

20

Issue

18

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1533

Lastpage

1535

Abstract

We report on the 1O-Gb/s operation of the reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) for the next-generation wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network (WDM PON). The bandwidth of the RSOA used in this experiment is merely 2.2 GHz. Nevertheless, a clear eye opening is obtained at 10 Gb/s by using the electronic equalizer processed offline. We investigate the impacts of the network´s operating conditions (such as the injection power to the RSOA and the fiber length) on the performances of these equalizers. The results show that the RSOA-based WDM PON is operable at 10 Gb/s and the maximum reach can be extended to >20 km with the help of the forward error correction codes.

Keywords

equalisers; forward error correction; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; RSOA; WDM PON; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; electronic equalizer; forward error correction codes; passive optical network; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Bandwidth; Decision feedback equalizers; Forward error correction; Frequency response; Next generation networking; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing; Passive optical network (PON); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.928834

Filename

4600155