Title :
Direct 10-Gb/s Modulation of a Single-Section RSOA in PONs With High Optical Budget
Author :
Schrenk, Bernhard ; De Valicourt, Guilhem ; Omella, Mireia ; Lazaro, Jose A. ; Brenot, Romain ; Prat, Josep
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
fDate :
3/15/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate 10-Gb/s operation of a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) for data transmission in passive optical networks, with optical power budgets of up to 28 dB. Besides a passive adaptation for the electrooptical response of the semiconductor device, neither active electronic equalization nor optical offset filtering was applied to enhance the modulation bandwidth of the RSOA. Error-free transmission without using error correcting codes can be obtained even for low RSOA input power values of -20 dBm.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; active electronic equalization; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data transmission; electrooptical response; error-free transmission; modulation bandwidth enhancement; optical communication terminal; optical fiber communication; optical offset filtering; passive optical networks; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; semiconductor device; Optical communication terminals; optical fiber communication; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2039871
