Single SOA to extend simultaneously the optical budget of coexisting G-PON and 10G-PON

Fabienne Saliou, Philippe Chanclou, N. Genay, José A. Lázaro, Francesc Bonada, A. Othmani, Y.R. Zhou

2010 · 23 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

A wide-band SOA is used for amplification of both downstream signals from G-PON and 10G-PON access networks. BER measurements showed a performance of 42dB on optical budget but also pointed out requirements on the SOA to improve this performance.

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