Improved transmission performance by hybrid optical amplification in DWDM systems

Tao Xu; Bernard J. Maxum

doi:10.1117/1.1543565

1 March 2003 Improved transmission performance by hybrid optical amplification in DWDM systems

Tao Xu, Bernard J. Maxum

Optical Engineering, Vol. 42, Issue 3, (March 2003). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1543565

Based on comprehensive computer modeling and numerical simulation of dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) systems, it is demonstrated that by judicious use of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) and distributed Raman amplifiers (DRAs), the Q factor and optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) are improved compared with EDFA alone. This hybrid combination yields a 13.5-dB improvement in OSNR and a peak Q factor of 12.1 for the hybrid versus a peak of 8.1 when EDFA is used alone.

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Tao Xu and Bernard J. Maxum "Improved transmission performance by hybrid optical amplification in DWDM systems," Optical Engineering 42(3), (1 March 2003). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1543565

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