DocumentCode
2005488
Title
Reducing the backreflection impact by using gain-saturated SOA in WDM single-fiber loopback access networks
Author
Fujiwara, Masamichi ; Suzuki, Hiro ; Iwatsuki, Katsumi
Author_Institution
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Chiba
fYear
2006
fDate
5-10 March 2006
Abstract
This paper reduces the impact of backreflection in WDM single-fiber loopback access networks by using a gain-saturated SOA. We presented the concept and experimentally confirmed that the gain-saturated SOA significantly improves the SNR of upstream signal
Keywords
light reflection; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; backreflection; gain-saturated SOA; loopback access networks; signal-to-noise ratio; single-fiber networks; upstream signal; Intelligent networks; Noise reduction; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Service oriented architecture; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-803-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2006.215348
Filename
1636378
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