Gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers for reach extension of coexisted GPON and XG-PON

Optical amplification of coexisted GPON and XG-PON upstreams is demonstrated using a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). With gain clamping, performance degradation due to the cross-gain modulation between GPON and XG-PON signals is significantly reduced.

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