Design and implementation of SOA and EDFA amplifiers in PON networks for enhanced signal transmission
摘要
Passive Optical Networks (PON) has revolutionized how users access network solutions. This revolution has provided advantages in various aspects. This includes cheap deployment, high-speed internet connectivity, scalability, and reduced power consumption. One major drawback that any optical system suffers from is attenuation. Attenuation causes signal power to drop significantly through an optical fiber network. This generates a need to use amplifiers to increase the signal power with low noise. At this given stage of technology, we have mainly two types of Optical Amplifiers, and they are Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOA) and Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA). This article deals with the usage of these two amplifiers in a fixed ring topology model simultaneously with various iterations of optical length, position of amplifiers, baud rate, and Q-Factor at the receiver end. A brief comparison and a study have been made at the receiver and the sender end, to compare the signal efficiency for various iterations to determine the best combination for the ideal output. These Simulations have been carried out in Opti System and the values obtained have been plotted in MATLAB for better clarity and understanding.