• DocumentCode
    3131309
  • Title

    Reduction of Reflections in Interleaved Bi-directional DWDM Systems Using SOA Inline Amplification

  • Author

    Akanbi, Oladeji ; Yu, Jianjun ; Chang, Gee-Kung

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., GA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    707
  • Lastpage
    708
  • Abstract
    We have analysed the sources of reflections in interleaved bi-directional DWDM SOA transmission. We have numerically and experimentally demonstrated the reduction of reflections by reducing both the SOA bias current and facet reflectivities
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; SOA bias current; SOA inline amplification source; SOA transmission; interleaved bi-directional DWDM system; semiconductor optical amplifier facet reflectivities; system reflection reduction; Bidirectional control; Channel spacing; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Numerical simulation; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Reflectivity; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, Que.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2006.278928
  • Filename
    4054380