Broadband, high power, erbium fibre ASE-based CW supercontinuum source for spectrum-sliced WDM PON applications

Author

Lee, J.H. ; Kim, C.H. ; Han, Y.-G. ; Lee, S.B.

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

42

Issue

9

fYear

2006

fDate

4/27/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

549

Lastpage

550

Abstract

A simple scheme for the implementation of an erbium fibre ASE-based ultra-broadband source with a high power spectral density, which is based on the CW supercontinuum generation technique, is experimentally demonstrated. A ∼130 nm broadband incoherent light with 500 mW output power is presented. The broadband source is shown to be suitable for spectrum sliced WDM PON applications through a short reach transmission experiment. Error-free transmission of spectrum sliced signals over a 25 km SMF link is achieved.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; supercontinuum generation; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; 25 km; 500 mW; CW supercontinuum generation technique; SMF link; WDM PON; broadband incoherent light; erbium fibre ASE- based CW supercontinuum source; erbium fibre amplified spontaneous emission; error-free transmission experiment; high power spectral density; passive optical network; single mode fibre link; spectrum sliced signals; ultra-broadband source;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20060713

Filename

1628544