• DocumentCode
    1875407
  • Title

    200 km CWDM transmission using a hybrid amplifier

  • Author

    Iannone, P.P. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Zhou, X. ; Frigo, N.J.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Labs-Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    We report a 60 nm bandwidth SOA (semiconductor optical amplifier)-Raman hybrid amplifier for CWDM systems in which the Raman section increases overall system gain and reduces SOA gain tilt. The amplifier module is used in a 4-channel, 200-km CWDM transmission experiment.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1480 nm; 1485 nm; 200 km; CWDM transmission; Raman amplification; SOA gain tilt; SOA-Raman hybrid amplifier; fiber Raman laser pump; semiconductor laser pump; semiconductor optical amplifier; Bandwidth; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192932
  • Filename
    1501470