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.
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
2003-01-01
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