Enhancing coherent PON power budget through SOA boosting and DSP compensation
Araújo, G.
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Fernandes, G.
; Costa, N.
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Guiomar, F. P.
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Pedro, J. M.
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Monteiro, P.
;
Medeiros, M. C. R.
Enhancing coherent PON power budget through SOA boosting and DSP compensation, Proc Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), Los Angeles, United States, Vol. , pp. - , March, 2026.
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Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate a 200 Gbps coherent PON using a SOA booster to extend the power budget. SOA-induced non-linear distortions are analyzed and partially mitigated through DSP, achieving up to 13.5 dB power budget improvement.
