• DocumentCode
    1885970
  • Title

    Colourless 10Gb/s reflective SOA-EAM with low polarization sensitivity for long-reach DWDM-PON networks

  • Author

    Smith, D. ; Lealman, I. ; Chen, X. ; Moodie, D. ; Cannard, P. ; Dosanjh, J. ; Rivers, L. ; Ford, C. ; Cronin, R. ; Kerr, T. ; Johnston, L. ; Waller, R. ; Firth, R. ; Borghesani, A. ; Wyatt, R. ; Poustie, A.

  • Author_Institution
    CIP Technol., Ipswich, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a 10 Gb/s reflective SOA-REAM device that has low polarization sensitivity, high output power and colourless operation over the C-band. Long reach capability is also demonstrated by transmission over 80 km of standard optical fibre.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; passive networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; colourless reflective SOA-EAM; long-reach DWDM-PON Networks; low polarization sensitivity; optical fibre; semiconductor optical amplifier reflective electroabsorption modulator; Costs; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical reflection; Optical transmitters; Packaging; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5287206