Title : 
20-Gb/s operation of RSOA using polar return-to-zero 4-PAM modulation format and direct detection
         
        
            Author : 
Shim, H.K. ; Hoon Kim ; Chung, Y.C.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We demonstrate the upstream transmission of 20-Gb/s polar RZ 4-PAM signal over 20 km of loopback SSMF link by using a directly-modulated RSOA and a direct-detection receiver.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical modulation; passive optical networks; pulse amplitude modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; RSOA; RZ signal; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; direct-detection receiver; directly-modulated RSOA; high-speed WDM PON; loopback SSMF link; polar return-to-zero 4-PAM modulation format; reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers; upstream transmission; wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical networks; Chromatic dispersion; Decision support systems; Government; Modulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Los Angeles, CA