• DocumentCode
    412453
  • Title

    Demonstration of 16/spl times/10 Gb/s WDM transmissions over 5/spl times/80 km using distributed Raman amplifiers and gain clamped semiconductor amplifiers as inline amplifiers

  • Author

    Lee, H.H. ; Lee, D. ; Han, J.S. ; Chung, H.S. ; Chu, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Chung Nam Nat. Univ., Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    A gain clamped SOA combined with a distributed Raman fiber amplifier has a gain of 19.6 dB and a noise figure of 2.9 dB. Sixteen channels of 10 Gb/s signals are successfully transmitted over 5 spans of 80 km even under dynamic add-drop situations.
  • Keywords
    distributed amplifiers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication cables; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 19.6 dB; 2.9 dB; 80 km; WDM transmissions; distributed Raman amplifiers; distributed Raman fiber amplifier; dynamic add-drop situations; gain clamped SOA; gain clamped semiconductor amplifiers; noise figure; Distributed amplifiers; Noise measurement; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298605