Title :
Beneficial OLT transmitter and receiver concepts for NG-PON2 using semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Bonk, R. ; Schmuck, H. ; Poehlmann, Wolfgang ; Pfeiffer, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Bell Labs. Germany, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
OLT transmitter and receiver concepts using SOA for NG-PON2 are experimentally compared. A single SOA per wavelength channel at the Tx and a configuration comprising linear SOA followed by APDs at the Rx are beneficial.
Keywords :
avalanche photodiodes; next generation networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; APD; NG-PON2; OLT receiver; OLT transmitter; linear SOA; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Bit error rate; Gain; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Receivers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th3G.8
