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Impact of hybrid EDFA-distributed Raman amplification on a 4 x 40-Gb/s WDM optical communication system

A. Pizzinat, Marco Santagiustina, C. Schivo

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The impact of hybrid erbium-doped fiber amplifier-(EDFA) distributed Raman amplification on a high bit rate wavelength-division-multiplexed optical communication system is studied by means of a reliable simulation model that takes into account noise properties of Raman amplification. Pure Raman amplification allows the decrease of the mean input power of about 6 dB, keeping the bit error rate at the same level. The best performance, however, is obtained for loss compensation provided by hybrid EDFA/Raman amplifiers, due to the reduction of nonlinear distortion.

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The impact of hybrid erbium-doped fiber amplifier-(EDFA) distributed Raman amplification on a high bit rate wavelength-division-multiplexed optical communication system is studied by means of a reliable simulation model that takes into account noise properties of Raman amplification. Pure Raman amplification allows the decrease of the mean input power of about 6 dB, keeping the bit error rate at the same level. The best performance, however, is obtained for loss compensation provided by hybrid EDFA/Raman amplifiers, due to the reduction of nonlinear distortion.

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The impact of hybrid erbium-doped fiber amplifier-(EDFA) distributed Raman amplification on a high bit rate wavelength-division-multiplexed optical communication system is studied by means of a reliable simulation model that takes into account noise properties of Raman amplification. Pure Raman amplification allows the decrease of the mean input power of about 6 dB, keeping the bit error rate at the same level. The best performance, however, is obtained for loss compensation provided by hybrid EDFA/Raman amplifiers, due to the reduction of nonlinear distortion.

Key concepts: Raman amplification, Optical amplifier, Wavelength-division multiplexing, Raman spectroscopy, Bit error rate, Materials science, Optoelectronics, Optics

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