Abstract
In this letter, we report the performance of a fiber optical parametric amplifier (OPA) when used as a source or intermediate node amplifier in a dense wavelength-division-multiplexed (DWDM) long-haul transmission testbed with 26 DWDM channels modulated at 43.7-Gb/s return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying. In both scenarios, we demonstrate similar performance to an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. This shows the OPAs compatibility with high-capacity (>1 Tb/s) long-haul communication systems.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1171-1173 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2010 |
Keywords
- crosstalk
- optical parametric amplifiers
- optical fiber transmission
- dense wavelength-division multiplexing