Directly-Modulated Self-Seeding Reflective SOAs as Colorless Transmitters for WDM Passive Optical Networks

Concepts

Colorless TransmittersEngineeringOptical Transmission SystemOptical Wireless CommunicationActive Temperature ControlOptical AmplifierOptical AmplificationOptical NetworksOptical PropertiesOptical CommunicationOptical SystemsOptical NetworkingFree-space Optical NetworkPhotonicsPassive Optical NetworkElectro-optics DeviceApplied PhysicsFirst DemonstrationOptoelectronics

Abstract

We present the first demonstration of directly-modulated self-seeding reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers as colorless transmitters in a WDM-PON, eliminating centralized broadband sources, active temperature control and external modulators.

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