• DocumentCode
    500252
  • Title

    Modulation squeezing of a 10 Gb/s RZ and NRZ signal with a single SOA

  • Author

    Scaffardi, Mirco ; Berrettini, Gianluca ; Wu, Xiaoxia ; Fazal, Irfan ; Potì, Luca ; Willner, Alan E. ; Bogoni, Antonella

  • Author_Institution
    CNIT, Pisa, Italy
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A characterisation of a SOA-based modulation suppressor for 10 Gb/s RZ and NRZ signals is performed. Its effectiveness in colourless WDM PON is demonstrated obtaining error-free operation in a 20 km-long link.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical squeezing; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; NRZ signal; RZ signal; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; colourless WDM PON; distance 20 km; error-free operation; modulation squeezing; single SOA-based modulation suppressor; Band pass filters; Erbium; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Passive optical networks; Power lasers; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.4510) Optical communications; (190.4360) Nonlinear optics, devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225636