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
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;
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
