Title :
A gain-clamped SOA-Raman hybrid amplifier for a CWDM access network without gain-saturation induced crosstalk
Author :
Lee, H.H. ; Iannone, P.P. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Lee, J.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs - Res., Middletown, NJ
Abstract :
We demonstrate an 80-nm flat gain-bandwidth gain-clamped SOA-Raman hybrid amplifier for CWDM access networks. Four channels of 2.488 Gb/s CWDM signals were amplified and no gain-saturation induced bit-error-rate power penalty was observed.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; error statistics; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; CWDM access network; CWDM signals; bit rate 2.488 Gbit/s; bit-error-rate power penalty; coarse wavelength division multiplexing; gain-clamped SOA-Raman hybrid amplifier; gain-saturation induced crosstalk; wavelength 80 nm; Costs; Crosstalk; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Passive optical networks; Performance gain; Polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391612
