Interferometric crosstalk reduction in an RSOA-based WDM passive optical network

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4943-4953

  Urban, Patryk J ^a   Koonen, A M J ^a   Khoe, G Djan ^a   de Waardt, Huug ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backreflection; Bidirectional transmission; Interferometric noise; Optical crosstalk; Passive optical networks; Rayleigh backscattering; Reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA); Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BACKREFLECTION; BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION; INTERFEROMETRIC NOISE; OPTICAL CROSSTALK; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; RAYLEIGH BACKSCATTERING; REFLECTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (RSOA);

BACKSCATTERING; CROSSTALK; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; PHASE MODULATION; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 70349587126     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2026916     Document Type: Article

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