10 Gb/s REAM-SOA for low cost WDM-PON

We demonstrated 10.7 Gb/s REAM-SOA using simplified fabrication process. Good performance at 10.7 Gb/s was obtained with an extinction ratio of >; 9 dB and a power penalty of <; 60; 1 dB up to 20 km transmission over a 40 nm spectral range.