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.
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;
