Wide bandwidth and long distance WDM transmission using highly gain-flattened hybrid amplifier

Author

Kawai, S. ; Masuda, H. ; Suzuki, K.-I. ; Aida, K.

Author_Institution

NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Yokosuka, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

56

Abstract

A 1.5-dB gain-flatness over 67 nm is achieved with a novel hybrid amplifier comprising a distributed Raman amplifier pumped at two wavelengths and an erbium-doped fluoride fiber amplifier. Fourteen 2.5-Gbit/s signals spanning 65 nm are successfully transmitted over 900 km using our amplifiers.

Keywords

erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 dB; 2.5 Gbit/s; 900 km; Gbit/s signals; distributed Raman amplifier; erbium-doped fluoride fiber amplifier; highly gain-flattened hybrid amplifier; wide bandwidth long distance WDM transmission; Bandwidth; Distributed amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; High power amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.765993

Filename

765993