Simultaneous dual-channel OOK and DPSK regeneration at 21.328Gb/s using a single monolithic quad-SOA array hybridly integrated on a silica-on-silicon PLC is demonstrated. The transmission performance of the regenerated signals was evaluated up to 950 km.

We demonstrate a large-scale silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit with 4 hybridly integrated SOAs for multi-format regeneration and wavelength conversion. Power penalty improvement up to 1.5dB is reported for degraded OOK and PSK signals.

We investigate through numerical studies and experiments the performance of a large scale, silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit for multi-format regeneration and wavelength-conversion. The circuit encompasses a monolithically integrated array of four SOAs inside two parallel Mach-Zehnder structures, four delay interferometers and a large number of silica waveguides and couplers. Exploiting phase-incoherent techniques, the circuit is capable of processing OOK signals at variable bit rates, DPSK signals at 22 or 44 Gb/s and DQPSK signals at 44 Gbaud. Simulation studies reveal the wavelength-conversion potential of the circuit with enhanced regenerative capabilities for OOK and DPSK modulation formats and acceptable quality degradation for DQPSK format. Regeneration of 22 Gb/s OOK signals with amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise and DPSK data signals degraded with amplitude, phase and ASE noise is experimentally validated demonstrating a power penalty improvement up to 1.5 dB.

A DWDM-TDMA PON using carrier distribution with symmetric 320Gb/s capacity is demonstrated over 124km field-installed fibers. The upstream channels feature a 3R 10Gb/s burst-mode receiver with electronic dispersion compensation, burst-mode EDFAs and integrated reflective SOA-EAMs.

We demonstrate a DWDM-TDMA PON with symmetric 320Gb/s capacity shared between 16384 customers. The upstream channels were tested in burst-mode and feature low-cost tuneable lasers, monolithically integrated SOA-EAMs, burst-mode EDFAs and a 10Gb/s burst-mode receiver.

A novel DWDM-TDMA PON with symmetric 320Gb/s capacity shared between 16384 customers is demonstrated. Upstream channels were tested in burst-mode and featured low-cost tuneable lasers, monolithically integrated SOA-EAMs, burst-mode EDFAs and a 10Gb/s burst-mode receiver.

This paper presents the first burst-mode system tests of a new hybrid 10Gb/s DWDM-TDM PON. The upstream channels in the network are enabled by combining novel, cost-effective tuneable ONU lasers and a gain-stabilized EDFA (BM-EDFA).