Title :
Low-cost WDM passive optical network with directly-modulated self-seeding reflective SOA
Author :
Wong, E. ; Lee, K.-L. ; Anderson, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
fDate :
3/2/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel scheme facilitating self-seeding reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers as colourless upstream transmitters in a low-cost WDM-PON solution, eliminating centralised broadband sources and active temperature control, is experimentally demonstrated. A single passive broadband filter is used to reflect broadband ASE light from all transmitters for self-seeding. Direct modulation of the incoherent upstream channels shows no significant penalty after 21 km of transmission.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; passive filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM passive optical network; WDM-PON solution; active temperature control; centralised broadband sources; colourless upstream transmitters; directly-modulated amplifier; incoherent upstream channels; self-seeding reflective amplifier; semiconductor optical amplifiers; single passive broadband filter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20060097
