Title :
Applicable area estimation of bidirectional optical amplifiers to 10-Gb/s class long-reach PON systems
Author :
Taguchi, Katsuhisa ; Fujiwara, Masamichi ; Imai, Takeshi ; Suzuki, Ken-Ichi ; Ishii, Hiroshi ; Yoshimoto, Naoto ; Hadama, Hisaya
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
We analytically investigate the applicable areas of bidirectional optical amplifiers as regards 10-G/s class long-reach PONs and also discuss technical issues with both DFA and SOA based PON repeaters in terms of allowable repeater layout.
Keywords :
optical communication; optical repeaters; DFA; PON repeaters; SOA; applicable area estimation; bidirectional optical amplifiers; long-reach PON systems; Gain; Optical attenuators; Passive optical networks; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet (COIN), 2010 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7181-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8221-4
DOI :
10.1109/COIN.2010.5546546
