Title :
Investigation of the performance of a 25 Gb/s OFDM-PON employing a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Reddy, Swetha ; Browning, Colm ; O´Duill, Sean P. ; Barry, Liam P. ; Venkitesh, Deepa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Madras, Chennai, India
Abstract :
The use of a semiconductor optical amplifier to increase the power budget of a high-bit rate OFDM-PON is demonstrated through simulations and experiments. Optimal operating conditions are identified and the back-to-back performance is evaluated.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical communication equipment; passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; OFDM-PON; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; optimal operating conditions; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; passive optical networks; power budget; semiconductor optical amplifier; Modulation; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
