• DocumentCode
    2157520
  • Title

    An upstream reach-extender for 10Gb/s PON applications based on an optimised semiconductor amplifier cascade

  • Author

    Porto, S. ; Antony, C. ; Ossieur, P. ; Townsend, P.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonic Syst. s Group, Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-22 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present a reach-extender based on a semiconductor amplifier cascade which achieves 12dB compression of the input dynamic range whilst also limiting patterning. A 70km reach is demonstrated over a 32-split 10Gb/s passive optical network.
  • Keywords
    passive optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; PON; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distance 70 km; optimised semiconductor amplifier cascade; passive optical network; upstream reach-extender; Dynamic range; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Receivers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1918-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6065910