Optical Line Termination Transceiver with a Bi-directional SOA for Application in Typ-A NG-PON2 Links
03 December 2015
OLT transceiver comprising a bi-directional SOA is experimentally assessed for application in NG-PON2 typ-A links. Downstream transmitter output power and upstream receiver sensitivity is simultaneously demonstrated for E2 budget class. The influence of filter bandwidth and APD/PIN receiver is investigated.