• DocumentCode
    515993
  • Title

    Optimization and comparison of the transmission performance of RSOA/SOA intensity-modulated optical OFDM signals for WDM-PONs

  • Author

    Wei, J.L. ; Hamié, A. ; Tang, J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. Eng., Bangor Univ., Bangor, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    For optical OFDM IMDD systems, optimum operating conditions of RSOA/SOA intensity modulators are identified, under which similar performances are obtained for different modulators. Under low-cost component-enabled conditions, RSOA modulators with high rear-facet reflectivity are preferred.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; RSOA-SOA intensity-modulated optical OFDM signals; WDM-PON; intensity-modulation and direct-detection systems; optical OFDM IMDD systems; Intensity modulation; OFDM modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465706