- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for generating optical polar return-to-zero amplitude modulation signal using reflective semiconductor optical amplifier and wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network system using the same
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Application No.: US14993508Application Date: 2016-01-12
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Publication No.: US09819417B2Publication Date: 2017-11-14
- Inventor: Yun Chur Chung , Hyun Kyu Shim , Hoon Kim
- Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: The PL Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04B10/516
- IPC: H04B10/516 ; H04J14/02 ; H04B10/54

Abstract:
The present invention can operate a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier at ultrahigh speed using a polar return-to-zero (RZ) modulation method, and operate a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) whose modulation bandwidth is limited at ultrahigh speed by generating signals vertically symmetrical using a newly suggested polar RZ signal generator when generating an amplitude modulation signal at a transmission end. The present invention can overcome the problem that a modulation speed cannot be increased to 10 Gb/s or above due to signal distortion by inter-symbol-interference when generating an ultrahigh speed amplitude modulation signal using an RSOA of low price having a very narrow modulation bandwidth in an RSOA-based optical network. Also, the present invention has an effect of receiving the generated amplitude modulation signal through a direct detection receiver which is cost-effective and simple, and further has an effect of enabling ultrahigh speed operation of the RSOA-based WDM PON.
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