Gain transient suppression for WDM PON networks using semiconductor optical amplifier.

Autor: Gibbon, T. B., Osadchiy, A. V., Kjær, R., Jensen, J. B., Tafur Monroy, I.
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Zdroj: Electronics Letters (Institution of Engineering & Technology); 6/5/2008, Vol. 44 Issue 12, p756-758, 3p, 2 Diagrams, 3 Graphs
Abstrakt: The use of a receiver-integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) for gain transient suppression in wavelength division multiplexed passive optical networks is proposed and experimentally studied. The effectiveness of SOA transient suppression is investigated as a function of the optical input power into the SOA for a 10 Gbit/s channel disturbed by power transients. Near-perfect correction of a 2.3 dB transient power penalty for transmission over a 25 km standard singlemode fibre link is demonstrated by using an SOA with a holding beam. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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