Up to 10.7-Gb/s High-PDG RSOA-Based Colorless Transmitter for WDM Networks

• Published in: IEEE photonics technology letters 2013-04, Vol.25 (7), p.637-640
• Main Authors: Marazzi, L., Parolari, P., Brunero, M., Gatto, A., Martinelli, M., Brenot, R., Barbet, S., Galli, P., Gavioli, G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bandwidth; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical network (PON); Passive optical networks; polarization; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA); retracing optical circuit; Wavelength division multiplexing
• ISSN: 1041-1135; 1941-0174
• DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2243138

The operation of a network-embedded colorless self-tuning transmitter for WDM networks is experimentally demonstrated from 2.5- up to 10.7-Gb/s data rates. Colorless operation is achieved by self-seeding an ultra-fast reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) with the feedback signal reflected at the WDM multiplexer filter. In particular, the transmitter exploits a 2-Faraday rotators configuration to ensure polarization insensitive operation and allowing for the exploitation of high gain RSOAs, which can be designed to operate on a single polarization. The impact on the transmission of the fiber chromatic dispersion at different bit-rates and with different channel bandwidths of the WDM multiplexer filter is experimentally investigated up to 10.7 Gb/s. The tolerance to positive and negative dispersive loads is also assessed.